Acrobasis

Translingual

Acrobasis romanella.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós

Proto-Hellenic [Term?]

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)

Ancient Greek ἀκρόβασις (akróbasis)lbor.

Translingual Acrobasis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρόβασις (akróbasis), from ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros, “edge, tip, extremity”) +‎ βάσις (básis, “stepping”).

Proper noun

Acrobasis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain moths.

References

• Acrobasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acrobasis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acrobasis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons