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Where does “abstersive” come from?

abstersive (English) comes from Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus, from Latin abstergeō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstersive (English): Cleansing; purging; abstergent; Something...

Definitions

  1. Cleansing; purging; abstergent; Something...

Ancestry of “abstersive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchabstersif—
2Latinabstersuswiped
3Latinabstergeō—
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstersive”

  • abstersiveness
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