Where does “auferō” come from?

auferō (Latin) comes from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

auferō (Latin): to take away, take off, bear away, bear off, carry off, remove, withdraw

Definitions

  1. to take away, take off, bear away, bear off, carry off, remove, withdraw

Ancestry of “auferō”, step by step

auferō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ferō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferōto bear; to carry
2Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Latin āb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinābfrom, away from, out of
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “auferō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →