Where does “aiguisage” come from?
aiguisage (French) comes from French aiguiser, from Old French aguisier, from Latin acūtiō, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus — sharp.
aiguisage (French): sharpening, honing, whetting
Definitions
- sharpening, honing, whetting
Ancestry of “aiguisage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aiguiser | to sharpen; to hone; to whet |
| 2 | Old French | aguisier | to sharpen |
| 3 | Latin | acūtiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 5 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 6 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |