Where does “ace” come from?
ace (Scots) comes from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.
ace (Scots): The smallest possible amount of something; The...
Definitions
- The smallest possible amount of something; The...
Ancestry of “ace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | as | as; ace; The lowest possible throw in dice |
| 2 | Old French | as | a score of one on a die; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 4 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |