Where does “ab-” come from?

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

ab- (Latin): from, away, away from; off; at a distance

Definitions

  1. from, away, away from; off; at a distance

Ancestry of “ab-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ab-”

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