Where does “âche” come from?
âche (French) comes from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
âche (French): celery plant
Definitions
- celery plant
Ancestry of “âche”, step by step
âche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French ache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ache | — |
| 2 | Old French | ache | — |
| 3 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 4 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 6 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |