Where does “abactor” come from?

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

abactor (Latin): A cattle thief; abactor or rustler; A man who...

Definitions

  1. A cattle thief; abactor or rustler; A man who...

Ancestry of “abactor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabigōto drive away (particularly cattle)
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó

Words derived from “abactor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from Latin āb
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