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Where does “abhorreth” come from?

abhorreth (English) comes from English abhor, from Middle English abhorren, from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abhorreth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “abhorreth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabhorTo regard with horror or detestation; to shrink...
2Middle Englishabhorren—
3Middle Frenchabhorrerto abhor
4Latinabhorreō—
5Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6Latināb—
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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