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Where does “averruncate” come from?

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

averruncate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “averruncate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaverruncoI avert, remove, ward off
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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