Where does “As” come from?
As (German) comes from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual, from English ā-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic ga- — resin.
As (German): as, a unit and a Roman coin
Definitions
- as, a unit and a Roman coin
Ancestry of “As”, step by step
As traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French as
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 3 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 4 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 5 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 6 | English | ā- | — |
| 7 | Old English | ġe- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via German a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 2 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 3 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 10 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |