Where does “abactor” come from?
abactor (Portuguese) comes from Latin abactor, from Latin abigō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abactor (Portuguese): abactor cattle thief
Ancestry of “abactor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | abactor | A cattle thief; abactor or rustler; A man who... |
| 2 | Latin | abigō | to drive away (particularly cattle) |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |