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Where does “abavus” come from?

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

abavus (Latin): a great-great-grandfather

Definitions

  1. a great-great-grandfather

Ancestry of “abavus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “abavus”

  • abavo
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