The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκροαματικός“for hearing only; esoteric”
- Latin · borrowed fromacroamaticus
- English todayacroamatic
Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (“esoteric”), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.