Where does “abstergeō” come from?

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

abstergeō (Latin): to wipe off or away; dry by wiping

Definitions

  1. to wipe off or away; dry by wiping

Ancestry of “abstergeō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
2Latinābfrom, away from, out of
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstergeō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →