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

  1. To such an extent or degree; to the same extent...

Ancestry of “as”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishasas; ace; The lowest possible throw in dice
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 “as

Every word from Arabic حَبَش