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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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  1. third-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “abhorrent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabhorrerto abominate, to abhor, to loathe
2Middle Frenchabhorrerto abhor
3Latinabhorreō—
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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