Where does “ascendant” come from?
Ascendant comes from Middle French ascendant, from Latin ascendens, the present participle of ascendo, formed from the prefix ad- and a root from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd meaning to go or approach.
ascendant (English): Rising, moving upward; Surpassing or controlling;...
Definitions
- Rising, moving upward; Surpassing or controlling;...
Ancestry of “ascendant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ascendant | — |
| 2 | Latin | ascendens | ascending; rising |
| 3 | Latin | ascendo | I climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |