Where does “abhorrent” come from?

Abhorrent comes from Latin abhorrens, the present participle of abhorreo, meaning to shrink back in fear, formed from the prefix ab- and a root related to Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti.

abhorrent (English): Inconsistent with, or far removed from,...

Definitions

  1. Inconsistent with, or far removed from,...

Ancestry of “abhorrent”, step by step

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

Words derived from “abhorrent”

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