Where does “abluir” come from?

abluir (Portuguese) comes from Latin abluō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abluir (Portuguese): to ablute

Definitions

  1. to ablute

Ancestry of “abluir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabluōto wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify
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 →