ἀκροποσθία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) akroposthion, the tip of the foreskin
Etymology
Compound 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 ποσθῐ́ᾱ (foreskin).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ποσθῐ́ᾱ
Gloss
foreskin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acro- English
- acrogynous English
- acromion English
- acronym English
- acrostatic English
- acrotrichium English
- Acroceraunia Latin
- Acroceraunius Latin
- acro- Latin
- acro- Italian
- acro- Dutch, Flemish
- acromion French
- acrophonie French
- acromion Spanish, Castilian
- ποσθῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- φαλακρός Ancient Greek
- ἀκρεμών Ancient Greek
- ἀκροβάτης Ancient Greek
- ἀκροκώλιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- ἄκρος Ancient Greek
- ὦμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- akro- Norwegian Bokmål
- acrograma Portuguese
- akro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- acra- Irish
- άκρος Greek (modern)
- ακροποσθία Greek (modern)
- akromion Indonesian