Where does “Acheson” come from?
Acheson (English) comes from Middle English achesoun, from Anglo-Norman achaisun, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Ancestry of “Acheson”, step by step
Acheson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English achesoun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | achesoun | motivation, reason |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | achaisun | — |
| 3 | Latin | occasio | occasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,... |
| 4 | Latin | occasus | setting; west; western |
| 5 | Latin | occidō | to fall down |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English Adam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Adam | The first man and the progenitor of the human race |
| 2 | Middle English | Adam | Adam Biblical progenitor of humankind |
| 3 | Old English | Adam | Adam Biblical character |
| 4 | Latin | Ādām | Adam |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμ | Adam husband of Eve |
| 6 | Hebrew | אָדָם | earth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person |
| 7 | Hebrew | אדמה | earth, soil, land |