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Where does “Asperger” come from?

Asperger (French) comes from Latin aspergo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Asperger (French): Somebody who has Asperger's syndrome

Definitions

  1. Somebody who has Asperger's syndrome

Ancestry of “Asperger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaspergoI scatter or strew something or someone; I...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Asperger”

  • aspis
  • aspi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →