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Where does “absume” come from?

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

absume (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “absume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabsumoI take away, diminish; I consume, annihilate; I...
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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