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Where does “ascensional” come from?

ascensional (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.

ascensional (English): Relating to ascension

Definitions

  1. Relating to ascension

Ancestry of “ascensional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishascensionThe act of ascending; an ascent; That which...
2Middle Englishascencioun—
3Old Frenchascensionascent
4Latinascēnsiō—
5Latinascensusascended; risen; ascent
6LatinascendoI climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,...
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →