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aes

Pronunciation: [ˈae̯s]

“aes” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. money, pay, fee, fare
  2. copper, bronze, brass
  3. payment, debt

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aos, early *ajos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos. However, cf. Ringe (2017: 311, fn.32) who notes that “an alternative possibility is that [Proto-Germanic *aiz] actually reflects a preform *áys or *h₂áys, as Lat aes must (Michael Weiss, p.c.).” Cognate with English ore.

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