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acronym

/ˈakrənɪm

noun

An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA). Compare with initialism.A whole language of abbreviated words and acronyms has developed with the huge popularity of the text message....

There were also plenty of acronyms whose definitions were not just different versions of the same term.
It's now perfectly acceptable to lowercase a company name, for example, and to create words out of acronyms.

Origin

1940s: from Greek akron 'end, tip' + -onym.

acrobat from early 19th century:
The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words.

单词	acronym
释义	acronym /ˈakrənɪm / noun An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA). Compare with initialism.A whole language of abbreviated words and acronyms has developed with the huge popularity of the text message.... There were also plenty of acronyms whose definitions were not just different versions of the same term. It's now perfectly acceptable to lowercase a company name, for example, and to create words out of acronyms. Origin 1940s: from Greek akron 'end, tip' + -onym. acrobat from early 19th century: The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words.
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