acrobatic

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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 *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn

Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō)

Ancient Greek βᾰτός (bătós)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek -βάτης (-bátēs)

Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor.

French acrobateder.

English acrobat

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English acrobatic

From acrobat + -ic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

acrobatic (comparative more acrobatic, superlative most acrobatic)

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to an acrobat

Belarusian: акрабаты́чны (akrabatýčny)
Catalan: acrobàtic (ca)
Danish: akrobatisk
Esperanto: akrobata (eo)
Finnish: akrobaattinen (fi)
French: acrobatique (fr)
Galician: acrobático
German: akrobatisch (de), artistisch (de)
Indonesian: akrobatik (id), akrobatis
Italian: acrobatico (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: akrobatisk (no)

Nynorsk: akrobatisk
Polish: akrobatyczny (pl)
Portuguese: acrobático (pt)
Russian: акробати́ческий (ru) (akrobatíčeskij)
Spanish: acrobático (es)
Ukrainian: акробати́чний (uk) (akrobatýčnyj)

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