as

Latin

noun

Definitions

An as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and weighing a pound, but later made of copper and weighing half an ounce.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Latin *ass.

Origin

Old Latin

*ass

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

as Finnish
As German
Ass German
as French
ас Russian
as Spanish, Castilian
ess Norwegian Bokmål
ás Portuguese
as Polish
ess Norwegian Nynorsk
as Middle English
as Old French
as Serbo-Croatian
ас Serbo-Croatian
as Catalan, Valencian
assis Old High German
át Vietnamese
es Middle Low German
ас Macedonian
*ass Old Latin