Where does “ache” come from?
ache (Middle French) comes from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp.
Ancestry of “ache”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | ache | — |
| 2 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 3 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 5 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 6 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |