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Where does “abducent” come from?

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

abducent (English): Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as...

Definitions

  1. Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as...

Ancestry of “abducent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabdūcō—
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abducent”

  • abdusen
  • saraf abdusen
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