noun Etymology: acr- + -onym Date: 1943 a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu ) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term, ~ic adjective ~ically adverb
ACRONYM
Meaning of ACRONYM in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012