Where does “ach” come from?
Ach comes from Middle English ache, from Old English eċe, from Latin apium, from Latin ha, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.
ach (English): Any of several species of plants, such as...
Definitions
- Any of several species of plants, such as...
Ancestry of “ach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ache | Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury; A plant... |
| 2 | Old French | ache | — |
| 3 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 4 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 6 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |