The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπόσθη“penis; foreskin”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρον“tip”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκροπόσθιον
- English todayakroposthion
From Ancient Greek ἀκροπόσθιον (akropósthion), from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip”) + Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “penis; foreskin”). By surface analysis, akro- + Ancient Greek πόσθιον (pósthion).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκρον all →
Akronacronymacromegalyacronemeacropetal
Ancient Greekπόσθη all →
posthe-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.