Where does “avellens” come from?
avellens (Latin) comes from Latin avello, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avellens (Latin): wresting
Ancestry of “avellens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | avello | I tear off or away; I wrest; I pluck or rend off |
| 2 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 3 | Latin | āb | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |