Etymology

acrimony

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Today it means: A sharp and bitter hatred. Full definition →

Middle French acrimonie ← Latin ācrimōnia ← Proto-Italic *akris
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
  3. Proto-Italic*akris
  4. Latinācer
  5. Latinācrimōnia
  6. Middle Frenchacrimonie
  7. English todayacrimony

From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia (“sharpness, pungency”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.