Where does “OS” come from?
OS (Japanese) comes from English Os, from Swedish ås, from Icelandic ás, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace — that.
OS (Japanese): OS
Definitions
- OS
Ancestry of “OS”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Os | plural of O |
| 2 | Swedish | ås | an esker, a ridge |
| 3 | Icelandic | ás | beam, rafter, pole |
| 4 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 5 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 7 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 8 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 9 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 10 | English | ā- | — |
| 11 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 12 | Middle French | a- | — |
| 13 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 14 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 15 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 16 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |