Late Latin
ab
‘off’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Late Latin ab.
5 English words in this record descend from Late Latin ab, most familiar first.
- abdomen ← abdō
- abacinate ← abacinātus
- abscopal
- avaunce ← avancier ← *abanteāre ← ab ante
- averruncate ← āverruncāre
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Etymograph / Late Latin ab