Where does “ab-” come from?
ab- (Portuguese) comes from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Ancestry of “ab-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 2 | Latin | āb | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |