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Where does “ablutio” come from?

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

ablutio (Late Latin): a washing away; washing, cleansing, ablution

Definitions

  1. a washing away; washing, cleansing, ablution

Ancestry of “ablutio”, step by step

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