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Where does “abnodans” come from?

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

abnodans (Latin): unknotting

Definitions

  1. unknotting

Ancestry of “abnodans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabnodoI cut off knots, unknot; I clear trees of knots
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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