English
acroamatic
Acroamatic comes from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός ‘for hearing only’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκροαματικόςakroamatikós‘for hearing only’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacroamaticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1632acroamatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκροαματικόςakroamatikós‘for hearing only’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacroamaticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1632acroamatic
Earliest quotation: 1632, Thomas Randolph, The Jealous Lovers: “Prate they not cataracts of insensible noise, / That…”
The story
Borrowed from Latin acroamaticus, acroaticus (‘esoteric’), at first chiefly in reference to the “esoteric” and originally oral teachings of Aristotle, from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός (akroamatikós, “for hearing only; esoteric”), from ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai, “to listen”).
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to hearing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀκροαματικός / acroamatic