Etymology of the English word acute
the English word
acutederived from the Latin word
acutus (of small radius; acute; sharp, sharpened, pointed)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
acuere (accentuate; whet, sharpen, cut to a point)
derived from the Late Latin word
acus (husks of grain, beans, chaff; needle, pin; hair-pin)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ak-Date
The earliest known usage of acute in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
acutance,
subacute,
cuteCognates
Catalan
agud, Dutch
acuut, French
aigu, German
akut, Italian
acuto, Latin
acutus, Norwegian
akutt, Provençal
agut, Spanish
agudo, Swedish
akutUsage
Word found in Modern English
