Where does “ablution” come from?

ablution (Old French) comes from Late Latin ablutio, from Latin abluō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Ancestry of “ablution”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinablutioa washing away; washing, cleansing, ablution
2Latinabluōto wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “ablution”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →