Where does “ab-” come from?

ab- (Italian) comes from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

ab- (Italian): ab- away from; outside of

Definitions

  1. ab- away from; outside of

Ancestry of “ab-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinābfrom, away from, out of
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “ab-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →