Where does “abscise” come from?
abscise (English) comes from Latin abscīsus, from Latin abscīdō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abscise (English): To cut off; To separate by means of abscission;...
Definitions
- To cut off; To separate by means of abscission;...
Ancestry of “abscise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abscīsus | — |
| 2 | Latin | abscīdō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abscise”