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- Latin · derived frompetō, petere“fall, rush out”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρον“the top”
- English todayacropetal
From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “the top”) + Latin petō, petere (“fall, rush out”) + -al.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκρον all →
Akronacronymacromegalyacronemeakroposthion
Latinpetō, petere all →
-petal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.