The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρον“tip, extremity”
- New Latin · derived fromacromegalia
- French · borrowed fromacromégalie
- English todayacromegaly
From French acromégalie, from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”). By surface analysis, acro- + -megaly.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκρον all →
Akronacronymacronemeacropetalakroposthion
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.