Where does “abominous” come from?

abominous (English) comes from Latin abominosus, from Latin abōminor, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abominous (English): Abominable, detestable, execrable

Definitions

  1. Abominable, detestable, execrable

Ancestry of “abominous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabominosusfull of ill omens, portentous, ominous
2Latinabōminorto deprecate (as an ill omen)
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →