Where does “es” come from?

es (Middle Low German) comes from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.

Ancestry of “es”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchasa score of one on a die; second-person singular...
2Vulgar Latin*as—
3Latinhabessecond-person singular present active indicative...
4ArabicحَبَشAbyssinian; Abysinnian

Words derived from “es”

Every word from Arabic حَبَش →Every word from Latin habes →Every word from Vulgar Latin *as →