Where does “absterse” come from?

absterse (English) comes from Latin abstersus, from Latin abstergeō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

absterse (English): To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away

Definitions

  1. To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away

Ancestry of “absterse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstersuswiped
2Latinabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “absterse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →