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Where does “abactor” come from?

abactor (English) comes from Latin abactor, from Latin abigō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abactor (English): One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts...

Definitions

  1. One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts...

Ancestry of “abactor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabactorA cattle thief; abactor or rustler; A man who...
2Latinabigō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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