Where does “amit” come from?

amit (English) comes from Latin amitto, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

amit (English): To lose

Definitions

  1. To lose

Ancestry of “amit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamittoto let go, let slip, let fall
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →
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