English
acroteleutic
Acroteleutic comes from Ancient Greek ἀκροτελεύτιον ‘extreme end’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκροτελεύτιονakroteleútion‘extreme end’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853acroteleutic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκροτελεύτιονakroteleútion‘extreme end’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853acroteleutic
Earliest quotation: 1853, John Farrar: “This mode of conducting the psalmody was sometimes called…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀκροτελεύτιον
Today it means
noun The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀκροτελεύτιον / acroteleutic