Where does “as” come from?
as (Finnish) comes from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual, from English ā-, from Old English ġe- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
as (Finnish): ess; argh
Definitions
- ess; argh
Ancestry of “as”, step by step
as traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 2 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 4 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 5 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 6 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 7 | English | ā- | — |
| 8 | Old English | ġe- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 15 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |