Where does “abacinate” come from?
abacinate (English) comes from Late Latin abacinatus, from Latin abacino, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abacinate (English): To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate...
Definitions
- To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate...
Ancestry of “abacinate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | abacinatus | blind, having been made blind |
| 2 | Latin | abacino | I make blind, blind, remove the power of sight,... |
| 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 “abacinate”