Where does “abstruse” come from?
abstruse (Latin) comes from Latin abstrusus, from Latin abstrudo, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstruse (Latin): vocative masculine singular of abstrūsus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of abstrūsus
Ancestry of “abstruse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abstrusus | hidden, concealed, having been concealed; hidden,... |
| 2 | Latin | abstrudo | I push or thrust away; conceal, hide |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |