as

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • (card games) an ace in a game of cards
  • an ace, a hotshot somebody very proficient at an activity
  • an as a Roman coin.

Etymology

Derived from Latin as (as, copper coin, basic Roman unit of money, a type of Roman coin).

Origin

Latin

as

Gloss

as, copper coin, basic Roman unit of money, a type of Roman coin

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • as Latin
  • As German
  • as French
  • ess Norwegian Bokmål
  • ás Portuguese
  • ess Norwegian Nynorsk
  • as Old French
  • as Catalan, Valencian
  • es Middle Low German
  • ас Macedonian
  • *ass Old Latin