Online Etymology DictionaryAcme
noun: the highest level or degree attainable (Example: "His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty")
noun: the highest point (of something)
Like so many that grew up with Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes and the Fleischman Brothers cartoons, I always think of Acme as the all purpose company name.acme
1570, from Gk. akme "(highest) point," from PIE base *ak- "sharp" (see acrid). Written in Gk. letters until c.1620.