English acrostic

← French acrostiche (cognate)

← Middle French acrostiche (borrowed)

← Middle French acrostique (mention)

← Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (derived)

← Ancient Greek ἄκρο- (mention)

← Ancient Greek στῐ́χος (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (derived)

→ English acrostically (suffix)

→ English paracrostic (prefix)

→ English pentacrostic (prefix)

→ English acrosticism (suffix)

→ Irish acrastach (borrowed)