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Where does “abstrus” come from?

abstrus (French) comes from Latin abstrūsus, from Latin abstrūdō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstrus (French): abstruse

Definitions

  1. abstruse

Ancestry of “abstrus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstrūsus—
2Latinabstrūdō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstrus”

  • abstruse
  • abstruseness
  • abstrusely
  • abstrusity
  • abstrusive
  • abstruse
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