acrostic

‘a short poem in which the first letters of each line, spell a word or phrase’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

     E. accrosticke, accrostique, achrostick < Med.Lat. acrostichis < Gk. akrostikhis < akros ‘at the end, outermost’ + stikhos ‘line of verse’ < uhk < ak- < Tamil akku

Technical words derived from 'acrostic'

acrostic poem - கரந்துறைப் பாட்டு

 

English words derived from akku connoting 'sharpness'