acronym
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acronym /ˈakrənɪm/
▶noun a word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. laser, Aids).
– origin 1940s: from Gk akron ‘end, tip’ + onoma ‘name’.
'acronym' also found in these Oxford entries:
Aids
- Ampakine
- ASDIC
- AWOL
- BASIC
- BIOS
- CD-ROM
- derv
- DIN
- dinky
- dopa
- echovirus
- ecu
- EEPROM
- EPROM
- Ernie
- est
- ETA
- GIF
- gorp
- Hib
- laser
- lox
- maser
- MIDI
- MIPS
- MIRV
- MOSFET
- NEET
- Nicam
- Nimby
- NTSC
- PAL
- posh
- POTUS
- quango
- rad
- rem
- RISC
- Scart
- scuba
- SIM
- snafu
- SOLAS
- spool
- SWAT team
- twoc
- UFO
- Waaf
