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ask

/ˈæsk/ASK
/ˈæsk/ASK

Meaningasking, enquiring

Common meaning: to put a question

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√IS‘seek, wish for’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 36, p. 731 · scan
  2. Old EnglishasciansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishaskensource
  4. Englishask‘to put a question’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English ascian ‘asking, enquiring’.

Roots

  • ascian Old English “asking, enquiring”

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