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acrostatic

adj

Etymology

From acro- + static.

  1. derived from στατικός
  2. derived from staticus
  3. formed as acrostatic — “acro- + static”

Definitions

  1. In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which…

    In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.

    • The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘night’ was acrostatic: nominative singular *nókʷ-t-s, genitive *nékʷ-t-s.

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