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Where does “abime” come from?

abime (French) comes from Old French abisme, from Late Latin abyssimus, from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

abime (French): abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley;...

Definitions

  1. abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley;...

Ancestry of “abime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchabismeHell
2Late Latinabyssimusabysmal
3Latinabyssusan abyss
4Ancient Greekἄβυσσοςbottomless, boundless; unfathomable; bottomless...
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “abime”

  • abime
  • abîmer
  • abime
  • abiméieren
  • abime
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