Akronym

acronym (word formed by initial letters)

Etymology

From akro- (“tip, end, beginning”) + -onym (“name”). First attested in the early 1900s. The term was modelled after Homonym and Synonym, and the parts are ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, extremity”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).

Concepts

acronym

initialism

abbreviation

first letter

letterword

initial

capital letter

Synonyms

Abkürzung

Anfangsbuchstabe

Initiale

Kurzwort

Initialwort

Buchstabenwort

Translations

acronyme

acrónimo

acroniem

acronimo

letterwoord

acrónimo

akronim

ακρωνύμιο

acrònim

acrograma

skrótowiec

acronimo

sigla

sigla

sigle