myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of ascendere

Etymology of the Latin word ascendere

the Latin word ascendere (climb; go, climb up)

derived from the Latin word scandere (climb; mount, ascend)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skand-

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

English ascend, Italian ascendere, Portuguese ascender