asp

asp · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσπίς“shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”
2. Latin · derived fromaspis
3. Old French · derived fromaspe
4. Middle English · inherited fromaspe
5. English todayasp

From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.

asp · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*Hosp-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*aspō
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*aspu
4. Old English · inherited fromæspe
5. Middle English · inherited fromaspe
6. English todayasp

From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-. See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).

Words from the same roots