英文词源
- acronym (n.)
- word formed from the first letters of a series of words, 1943, American English coinage from acro- + -onym "name" (abstracted from homonym; see name (n.)). But for cabalistic esoterica and acrostic poetry, the practice was practically non-existent before 20c. For distinction of usage (not maintained on this site), see initialism.
中文词源
词根acer-, 尖的，首的，开头的。词根-onym, 名字，词源同name. 用于指首字母缩略词。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：acronym 词源，acronym 含义。
词根词缀： -acr-尖→首 + -onym-名→字母
