Where does “ascent” come from?
Ascent comes from Middle English ascent, from Old French ascente, from Latin ascendere meaning "to climb up," formed from the prefix ad- "to" and scandere "to climb."
ascent (English): The act of ascending; a motion upwards; The way...
Definitions
- The act of ascending; a motion upwards; The way...
Ancestry of “ascent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ascend | To move upward, to fly, to soar; To slope in an... |
| 2 | Middle English | ascenden | — |
| 3 | Old French | ascendre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ascendo | I climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |