Where does “as” come from?
As comes from English and, Latin as, and Proto-Indo-European h₂epo and al- and h₂eǵ-.
as (English): To such an extent or degree; to the same extent...
Definitions
- To such an extent or degree; to the same extent...
Ancestry of “as”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | as | as; ace; The lowest possible throw in dice |
| 2 | Old French | as | a score of one on a die; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 4 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |