Where does “up” come from?

up (Middle English) comes from Old English upp, from Proto-West Germanic *upp.

up (Middle English): to a vertical axis

Definitions

  1. to a vertical axis

Ancestry of “up”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishuppup; upstairs
2Proto-West Germanic*upp—

Words derived from “up”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *upp →Every word from Old English upp →
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