acrostatic
English
adj
Definitions
- (linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.
Etymology
Com from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (highest, sharp, at the extremity, pointed, at the edge, topmost, high, extreme, edge, top, heights, outmost, tip, extremity, beginning, outermost, peak, uppermost) + Ancient Greek στατικός (standing still, steady)pre from English static.
Origin
English
static
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acro- English
- acrogynous English
- acromion English
- acronym English
- acrotrichium English
- adipostatic English
- aerostatic English
- anti-static English
- antistatic English
- astatic English
- bistatic English
- chemostatic English
- chronostatic English
- ciliostatic English
- electrostatic English
- geostatic English
- homostatic English
- hydrostatic English
- hyperstatic English
- isostatic English
- kinetostatic English
- lithostatic English
- menostatic English
- mesostatic English
- metallostatic English
- microstatic English
- monostatic English
- mucostatic English
- multistatic English
- nonstatic English
- oncostatic English
- orthostatic English
- phytostatic English
- psychostatic English
- quasistatic English
- static English
- statical English
- statically English
- staticity English
- staticization English
- staticize English
- staticky English
- staticproof English
- staticy English
- stereostatic English
- thyrostatic English
- ultrastatic English
- virostatic English
- Acroceraunia Latin
- Acroceraunius Latin
- acro- Latin
- staticus Latin
- staticē Latin
- statisch German
- statikus Hungarian
- acro- Italian
- acro- Dutch, Flemish
- acromion French
- acrophonie French
- acromion Spanish, Castilian
- στατικός Ancient Greek
- φαλακρός Ancient Greek
- ἀκρεμών Ancient Greek
- ἀκροβάτης Ancient Greek
- ἀκροκώλιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκροποσθία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- ἄκρος Ancient Greek
- ἵστημι Ancient Greek
- ὦμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- akro- Norwegian Bokmål
- acrograma Portuguese
- スタティック Japanese
- akro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- acra- Irish
- estàtic Catalan, Valencian
- άκρος Greek (modern)
- akromion Indonesian
- acro-
- static
- staticy
- acronym
- astatic
- acromion
- bistatic
- statical
- staticky
- isostatic
- staticity
- geostatic
- staticize
- nonstatic
- antistatic
- statically
- menostatic
- aerostatic
- monostatic
- mesostatic
- oncostatic
- virostatic
- mucostatic
- acrogynous
- homostatic
- adipostatic
- ciliostatic
- hydrostatic
- orthostatic
- phytostatic
- chemostatic
- microstatic
- anti-static
- multistatic
- staticproof
- hyperstatic
- quasistatic
- thyrostatic
- ultrastatic
- lithostatic
- kinetostatic
- stereostatic
- chronostatic
- psychostatic
- acrotrichium
- metallostatic
- electrostatic
- staticization