The story
- Sumerian · derived from𒀀𒍪“physician, healer”
- Akkadian · derived from𒀀𒍪
- Aramaic · derived fromאָסְיָא“physician, doctor, healer”
- Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromאָסָא
- Koine Greek · borrowed fromἈσά
- Late Latin · borrowed fromAsa
- English todayAsa
Via Late Latin Asa from Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician, healer”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.