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
- To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away
Ancestry of “absterse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abstersus | wiped |
| 2 | Latin | abstergeō | — |
| 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 “absterse”