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Where does “abseits” come from?

abseits (German) comes from German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abseits (German): apart, aside; off, out of

Definitions

  1. apart, aside; off, out of

Ancestry of “abseits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanabBeginning at that time or location; from; off;...
2Old High Germanabof
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →