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Where does “at” come from?

at (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

at (Latin): but, yet; whereas

Definitions

  1. but, yet; whereas

Ancestry of “at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*ati—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “at”

  • atavistic
  • atavism
  • atavistically
  • nonatavistic
  • atqui
  • attamen
  • atavus
  • atavo
  • atavique
  • ataviquement
  • atavisme
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