The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəňňō
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*égʷēn
- Ancient Greekβαίνω (baínō)
- Ancient Greekβᾰτός (bătós)
- Ancient Greekἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)
- Frenchacrobate
- English todayacrobat
From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “to walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.