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acs

Pronunciation: [ats]

“acs” is a Latvian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. eye (organ of vision)
  2. vision, capacity to see, field of vision, attention
  3. something similar to an eye in form
  4. a hole or loop with a specific purpose
  5. value unit (when playing cards)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Lithuanian aki̇̀s, Old Prussian ackis (plural), Proto-Slavic *oko (“eye”) (Old Church Slavonic око (oko), Russian, Ukrainian о́ко (óko), Bulgarian око́ (okó), Czech, Polish oko), Proto-Germanic *ago (> *augô under the influence of *ausô (“ear”); Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), German Auge, Dutch oog,…

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