Where does “abhor” come from?

Abhor comes from Middle English abhorren, from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreo, composed of the prefix ab- and a root derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó.

abhor (English): To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink...

Definitions

  1. To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink...

Ancestry of “abhor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabhorren—
2Middle Frenchabhorrerto abhor
3Latinabhorreōto abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abhor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →
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