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Where does “avorrit” come from?

avorrit (Catalan) comes from Catalan avorrir, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avorrit (Catalan): boring; bored

Definitions

  1. boring; bored

Ancestry of “avorrit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanavorrirto bore; to be bored; to dislike
2Latinabhorreō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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