Where does “阿森松” come from?
阿森松 (Chinese) comes from English ascension, from Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, from Latin ascensus, from Latin ascendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Ancestry of “阿森松”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ascension | The act of ascending; an ascent; That which... |
| 2 | Middle English | ascencioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | ascension | ascent |
| 4 | Latin | ascēnsiō | ascent, ascension |
| 5 | Latin | ascensus | ascended; risen; ascent |
| 6 | Latin | ascendo | I climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |