Where does “abstersif” come from?

abstersif (French) comes from Latin abstersus, from Latin abstergeō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstersif (French): abstergent

Definitions

  1. abstergent

Ancestry of “abstersif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstersuswiped
2Latinabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstersif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →