Where does “abstruse” come from?

Abstruse comes from French abstrus, from Latin abstrusus meaning "hidden," derived from Latin abstrudo combining ab- "away" with the root trewd- "to push."

abstruse (English): Difficult to comprehend or understand; Concealed...

Definitions

  1. Difficult to comprehend or understand; Concealed...

Ancestry of “abstruse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstrūsushidden, concealed, having been concealed
2Latinabstrūdōto push or thrust away; conceal, hide
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstruse”

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