telestich
English
noun
Definitions
- An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τέλος (end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέλος
Gloss
end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
税, 租
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autotelic English
- telangiectasia English
- telogonic English
- telomere English
- telos English
- Aristoteles Latin
- tellus Latin
- teleologie Dutch, Flemish
- телеология Russian
- Πραξιτέλης Ancient Greek
- εὐτελής Ancient Greek
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- πολυτελής Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τελήεις Ancient Greek
- τελώνης Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοτέλης Ancient Greek
- ἐντελής Ancient Greek
- ὑποτελής Ancient Greek
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- τέλος Greek (modern)