Where does “abhorrent” come from?

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

abhorrent (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “abhorrent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabhorreoI abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from;...
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →