ab-
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
- From Old English æf, from Latin ab-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), from Sanskrit अप (ápa, “away”) [1].
- See Proto-Indo-European *apo-.
Prefix [edit]
ab-
- (non-productive) From
- absorb
- (non-productive) Away from; outside of.
- abnormal, abaxial.
Etymology 2 [edit]
- abbreviation of absolute.
Prefix [edit]
ab-
- (physics) an electromagnetic unit in the centimeter-gram-second system: abcoulomb.
References [edit]
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 1:
- ab- at OneLook Dictionary Search
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ʔap]
Prefix [edit]
ab-
- Separable verb prefix, from.
- abfahren (to depart from).
- Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off.
- abspülen (to rinse off, to wash off).
- Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.
- Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Latin [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From ab (“from, of, away from”)
Prefix [edit]
ab-
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English prefixes
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- English unproductive prefixes
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German prefixes
- Latin prefixes