Where does “abominable” come from?
abominable (Catalan) comes from Late Latin abominabilis, from Latin abōminor, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abominable (Catalan): abominable
Ancestry of “abominable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | abominabilis | abominable, detestable; deserving abhorrence |
| 2 | Latin | abōminor | — |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abominable”