Where does “absterger” come from?

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

absterger (Spanish): to cleanse, to purge

Definitions

  1. to cleanse, to purge

Ancestry of “absterger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping
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 →