The story
- Old English · inherited fromupgang“ascent”
- Middle English · inherited fromupgang
- English todayupgang
From Middle English upgang, from Old English upgang (“ascent”), equivalent to up- + gang. Cognate with Dutch opgang (“ascent”), German Aufgang (“rising, ascent”), Swedish uppgång (“a rise, a way up”), Icelandic uppgang (“expansion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.