Etymology

unacrobatic

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Today it means: Not acrobatic. Full definition →

English acrobatic ← French acrobate ← Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
  10. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  14. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəňňō
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*égʷēn
  17. Ancient Greekβαίνω (baínō)
  18. Ancient Greekβᾰτός (bătós)
  19. Ancient Greekἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)
  20. Frenchacrobate
  21. Englishacrobat
  22. Englishacrobatic
  23. English todayunacrobatic

From un- + acrobatic.

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