Where does “avel” come from?

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

avel (English): To pull away

Definitions

  1. To pull away

Ancestry of “avel”, step by step

avel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin avello

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinavelloI tear off or away; I wrest; I pluck or rend off
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Hebrew אבל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאבלbut; however; to bewail; to lament, to mourn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →