Where does “es” come from?

es (Danish) comes from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.

es (Danish): ace

Definitions

  1. ace

Ancestry of “es”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanes—
2Old Frenchasa score of one on a die; second-person singular...
3Vulgar Latin*as—
4Latinhabessecond-person singular present active indicative...
5ArabicحَبَشAbyssinian; Abysinnian

Words derived from “es”

Every word from Arabic حَبَش →Every word from Latin habes →Every word from Vulgar Latin *as →