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Where does “ablute” come from?

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

ablute (Latin): vocative masculine singular of ablūtus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablūtus

Ancestry of “ablute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinablutuscleansed, purified
2Latinabluō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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