c. 1200 (replacing Old English ascunge), present-participle adjective from ask (v.). Asking price is attested from 1755. To be asking for it (it = "trouble, injury," etc.) is from 1909.
asinine
ask
askance
asker
askew
asking
aslant
asleep
Asmodeus
asocial
asp
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