Where does “abrogative” come from?
abrogative (English) comes from English abrogate, from Middle English abrogat, from Latin abrogatus, from Latin abrogo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abrogative (English): Tending or designed to abrogate
Definitions
- Tending or designed to abrogate
Ancestry of “abrogative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | abrogate | To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by... |
| 2 | Middle English | abrogat | abolished |
| 3 | Latin | abrogatus | abrogated, annulled, recalled, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | abrogo | I abolish, abrogate, annul ; recall; I take away,... |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |