Where does “abstruse” come from?
abstruse (French) comes from French abstrus, from Latin abstrūsus, from Latin abstrūdō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstruse (French): feminine singular of abstrus
Definitions
- feminine singular of abstrus
Ancestry of “abstruse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | abstrus | abstruse |
| 2 | Latin | abstrūsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | abstrūdō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |