Where does “abstersive” come from?

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

abstersive (French): feminine singular of abstersif

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of abstersif

Ancestry of “abstersive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabstersifabstergent
2Latinabstersuswiped
3Latinabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →