asco

== Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *askijō. === Noun === asco m grayling ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: asche, esche German: Äsche f → Italian: lasca f === Further reading === “Äsche” in Duden online Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Asche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku Hyphenation: as‧co === Etymology 1 === There are at least two hypotheses: Inherited from a deverbal formation derived from Vulgar Latin *ōsicāre (“to loathe”), from Latin ōdī (“to hate”). Compare Old Spanish? usco (“disgust”). Inherited from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar. Compare Spanish asco. ==== Noun ==== asco m (plural ascos) nausea (strong dislike or disgust) Synonyms: nojo, repulsa ===== Related terms ===== asqueroso asquerosidade === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “a sac”). ==== Noun ==== asco m (plural ascos) (mycology) ascus === Further reading === “asco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “asco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈasko/ [ˈas.ko] Rhymes: -asko Syllabification: as‧co === Etymology 1 === Per Roberts, probably inherited from Old Spanish usgo (“disgust”), back-formed from *osgar (“to loathe”), from Vulgar Latin *ōsicō, from Latin ōsus, perfect passive participle of ōdī (“to hate”), with influence from asqueroso. An alternative hypothesis derives this word from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar. ==== Noun ==== asco m (plural ascos) disgust ¡Qué asco! ― Gross! nausea disgusting person ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from New Latin ascus. ==== Noun ==== asco m (plural ascos) alternative form of asca === Further reading === “asco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025