Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ad sūrsum (“above, upwards”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]asuso
- up, upwards
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
- Sant peẏdro fo p̃dicar en roma. e por occaſiõ de ſimõ magus el encantador. nero el enꝑador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.
- Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.
Antonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: asuso