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Where does “abhorrescens” come from?

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

abhorrescens (Latin): dreading

Definitions

  1. dreading

Ancestry of “abhorrescens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabhorrescoI dread, become terrified, bristle up
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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