Where does “abhorren” come from?
abhorren (Middle English) comes from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Ancestry of “abhorren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | abhorrer | to abhor |
| 2 | Latin | abhorreō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abhorren”