The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνῆμα“thread”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρον“end”
- English todayacroneme
From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end”) and Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκρον all →
Akronacronymacromegalyacropetalakroposthion
Ancient Greekνῆμα all →
nemalitenematheciumplectoneme
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.