Etymology Explorer › Polish

Where does “as” come from?

as (Polish) comes from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual, from English ā-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic ga- — resin.

as (Polish): ace

Definitions

  1. ace

Ancestry of “as”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchasace; as; second-person singular present...
2Italianassoace; A piece or side having a single dot
3GermanassSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling...
4EnglishaceA single point or spot on a playing card or die;...
5EnglishasexualNonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;...
6Englishā-—
7Old Englishġe-—
8Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
9Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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