Where does “as” come from?
as (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.
as (Old French): a score of one on a die; second-person singular...
Definitions
- a score of one on a die; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “as”, step by step
as traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin *as
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 2 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |
via Latin as
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | as | An as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and... |