Where does “ablative” come from?
Ablative comes from Middle English ablative, from Old French ablatif, from Latin ablativus, formed from the prefix ab- meaning "away" and the suffix -ivus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.
ablative (English): Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some...
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- Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some...
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