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Where does “abstruso” come from?

abstruso (Portuguese) comes from Latin abstrūsus, from Latin abstrūdō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstruso (Portuguese): Difficult to comprehend; abstruse

Definitions

  1. Difficult to comprehend; abstruse

Ancestry of “abstruso”, step by step

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