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Where does “cytoablative” come from?

cytoablative (English) comes from English ablative, from Middle English ablative, from Old French ablatif, from Latin ablātīvus, from Latin ablātus, from Latin auferō, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō — shiny, light brown.

cytoablative (English): Relating to cytoablation

Definitions

  1. Relating to cytoablation

Ancestry of “cytoablative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishablativeApplied to one of the cases of the noun in some...
2Middle Englishablative—
3Old Frenchablatifthe ablative case
4Latinablātīvus—
5Latinablātus—
6Latinauferō—
7Latinferō—
8Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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