Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*as” come from?
*as (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.
Ancestry of “*as”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
habes
second-person singular present active indicative...
2
Arabic
حَبَش
Abyssinian; Abysinnian
Words derived from “*as”
as
whereas
os
ace
ora
whenas
asbuilt
osar
as
as
aes
âes
as
es
as
aas
ас
Äss
es
ass
As
Ass
aso
as
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