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Where does “aborrecer” come from?

aborrecer (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese avorrecer, from Latin abhorrēscō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

aborrecer (Portuguese): to annoy, bother, vex; to abhor, loathe, hate

Definitions

  1. to annoy, bother, vex; to abhor, loathe, hate

Ancestry of “aborrecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseavorrecer—
2Latinabhorrēscō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “aborrecer”

  • aborrecido
  • aborrecimento
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