Where does “aff-lat” come from?

aff-lat (Scots) comes from Scots aff, from Middle English of, from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

aff-lat (Scots): outlet

Definitions

  1. outlet

Ancestry of “aff-lat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsaffoff, away, at a distance; off, away from; off
2Middle Englishofof; off; until
3Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
4Old Englishæfof
5Proto-Germanic*ab
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó
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