English

abecedism

Roughly a + b + c + d + -ism; compare abecedarium.

Formed from a + b + c + d + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’

Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’

Old English ān ‘one; a certain’

Middle English a

English a

Old English c

English c

Old English d

English d

The story

Roughly a + b + c + d + -ism; compare abecedarium.

noun An initialism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abecedism