The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρος“uppermost, beginning”
- English todayacrophony
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). From acro- + -phony.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκρος all →
acrocephalyAcroceraunianacrogynous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.