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Where does “abductor” come from?

abductor (Spanish) comes from Latin abductor, from Latin abdūcō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abductor (Spanish): abductor

Definitions

  1. abductor

Ancestry of “abductor”, step by step

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