English
acroatic
Acroatic comes from Ancient Greek ἀκροατικός ‘of or proper to hearing’, and goes back to ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι ‘to hear’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαιakroâsthaias ἀκροᾶσθαι‘to hear’next step skipped: Ancient Greek ἀκροᾱτής
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκροατικόςakroatikós‘of or proper to hearing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001acroatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαιakroâsthaias ἀκροᾶσθαι‘to hear’next step skipped: Ancient Greek ἀκροᾱτής
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκροατικόςakroatikós‘of or proper to hearing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001acroatic
Earliest quotation: 2001, Rupert Woodfin; Judy Groves, Lecture Notes: “The poet Thomas Gray said that reading Aristotle was…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι
Today it means
adj acroamatic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κροᾰ́ομαι / acroatic