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Where does “ablutus” come from?

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

ablutus (Latin): cleansed, purified

Definitions

  1. cleansed, purified

Ancestry of “ablutus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ablutus”

  • ablute
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