acromegalia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρον“tip, extremity”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromacromegalia
3. English todayacromegalia

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”).

Words from the same roots