Etymology

acrobatic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to an acrobat. Full definition →

English acrobat ← French acrobate ← Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəňňō
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*égʷēn
  10. Ancient Greekβαίνω (baínō)
  11. Ancient Greekβᾰτός (bătós)
  12. Ancient Greekἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)
  13. Frenchacrobate
  14. Englishacrobat
  15. English todayacrobatic

From acrobat + -ic.

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