ab-
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
- From Latin ab-. See Proto-Indo-European *apo-.
- (physics) abbreviation of absolute.
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ab-
- from or of: aboriginal (of the beginning); absorb (from + sucking in)
- (non-productive) away from: abnormal.
- (physics) an electromagnetic unit in the centimeter-gram-second system: abcoulomb.
[edit] References
- “ab-” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “ab-” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "ab-" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
[edit] German
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔap/
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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.
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[edit] Latin
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[edit] Etymology
From ab (“from, of, away from”)
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ab-