Ansa

The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.; A loop-shaped structure.

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“a handle, haft”).

third-person singular past historic of anser

handle; excuse, pretext

Etymology: Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetan asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

ansa (loop-shaped structure)

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Doublet of asa.

resentment, animosity, ill will; reason, cause; rashness

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ānsa. First attested in 1556–1557.

to trim, to prune

trap; booby trap

Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).

handle; tiller (handle of the rudder)

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (“handle”), from *h₂em- (“to grasp”). Compare Lithuanian ąsa (“jug handle”), Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“handle, loop, eyelet”), Ancient Greek ἡνία (hēnía, “rein, bridle”). See also amplus (“ample”), ampla (“handle”), which the word was traditionally linked to, but which are not considered cognate anymore based on modern analysis.