Where does “Ascensiontide” come from?
Ascensiontide (English) 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.
Ascensiontide (English): The period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter)
Definitions
- The period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter)
Ancestry of “Ascensiontide”, step by step
Ascensiontide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ascension
| 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 |
via English tide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tide | The periodic change of the sea level,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tyde | A time (period), season |
| 3 | Old English | tīd | time, period, season; period, season, time;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |