Where does “ache” come from?
ache (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.
Ancestry of “ache”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ache | — |
| 2 | Old French | ache | — |
| 3 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 4 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 6 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |
Words derived from “ache”