Where does “abstrahere” come from?

abstrahere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin abstrahō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstrahere (Norwegian Bokmål): to abstract

Definitions

  1. to abstract

Ancestry of “abstrahere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstrahōto draw away from, drag or pull away
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →