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akrostych.

acrostic (poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈkrɔs.tɘx/
  1. acrostic (poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message)

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros) Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-der. Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek στῐ́χος (stĭ́khos) Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís)lbor. Polish akrostych Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís). First attested in 1677–1694.

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