Etymograph

English

abscopal

Abscopal comes from Latin ab ‘away from’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ep1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂epó1‘off, away’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ap1‘from, off, away’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab2‘away from’
  5. Englishtodayabscopal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ab
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English abscopal

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂epWiktionary, Latin abreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂epóWiktionary, Latin ab‘off, away’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*apWiktionary, Latin ab‘from, off, away’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabWiktionary, English abscopal‘away from’
  5. EnglishtodayabscopalWiktionary, English abscopal

The story

Term first described by Dr.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’

of, off, afterward, overt, 3 more

through Latin ab ‘away from’

abdomen, 3 more

Today it means

adj Denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “abscopal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ab. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep / abscopal

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