Etymology

ach

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Today it means: Any of several species of plants, such as smallage, wild celery, parsley. Full definition →

Middle English ache ← Old French ache ← Latin apium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromapium“parsley”
  2. Old French · derived fromache
  3. Middle English · inherited fromache
  4. English todayach

From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“parsley”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishache all →

acheaitch

Old Frenchache all →

acheaitch

Latinapium all →

acheapioglucosideapiose

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.