Definitions
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Word origin
Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.
Used in a sentence
“Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.”
“Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Initialism”7 letters
02“Abbrev word”7 letters
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