Etymology

aspie

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Today it means: An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome. Full definition →

English Asp(erger) ← German Asperger ← Proto-Germanic *warjaz
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The story

  1. GermanAsperg
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  3. Proto-Germanic*warjaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*warjaz
  5. GermanAsperger
  6. EnglishAsp(erger)
  7. English todayaspie

From Asp(erger) + -ie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.