Where does “abstergens” come from?

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

abstergens (Latin): wiping

Definitions

  1. wiping

Ancestry of “abstergens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstergens”

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