Acuate
/ˈæk.ju.eɪt/noun
Sharpened to a point or ending in a sharp tip.
Did you know?Acuate ultimately traces back to Latin *acūere*, meaning “to sharpen,” from *acus* (“needle”), so its history is basically a linguistic story of making things piercingly sharp.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ak-
“to be sharp, pointed”
Latin
Latin
acus
“needle”
Latin
Latin
acūere
“to sharpen, whet”
Late Latin
Latin
acūtus
“sharpened, pointed”
16th Century
English
acuate
“made sharp or pointed”
Modern English
English
acuate
“sharpened to a point”