Where does “abhorrent” come from?
abhorrent (French) comes from French abhorrer, from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abhorrent (French): third-person plural present indicative of...
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- third-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “abhorrent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | abhorrer | to abominate, to abhor, to loathe |
| 2 | Middle French | abhorrer | to abhor |
| 3 | Latin | abhorreō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |