acrobat

Meanings

1. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

1. To practise acrobatics.
2. To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “to walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”).