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Where does “ász” come from?

ász (Hungarian) comes from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual, from English ā-, from Old English ġe- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

ász (Hungarian): ace

Definitions

  1. ace

Ancestry of “ász”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanās—
2Frenchasace; as; second-person singular present...
3Italianassoace; A piece or side having a single dot
4GermanassSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling...
5EnglishaceA single point or spot on a playing card or die;...
6EnglishasexualNonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;...
7Englishā-—
8Old Englishġe-—
9Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
10Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
15Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
16Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

Words derived from “ász”

  • ászra
  • ászok
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