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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin ab-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of).[1] See Proto-Indo-European *apo- (English apo-, via Ancient Greek).
Alternative forms[edit]
- a- (found if the root word started with m, p, or v)
- abs- (found if the root word started with c or t)
Prefix[edit]
ab-
- (non-productive) From.
- (non-productive) Away from; outside of.
Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviation of absolute.
Prefix[edit]
ab-
- (physics) A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb.
References[edit]
- ab- at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
ab-
- Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off, away.
- Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.
- Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
- Noun prefix that indicates deviation or being different from the source.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ab (“from, of, away from”)
Prefix[edit]
ab-
- from, away, away from
- off
- at a distance
- completely, thoroughly
- absence of
- more remote
Usage notes[edit]
- Before b, m, sp and v, the prefix becomes ā-.
- Before c and t, the prefix becomes abs-.
- Before f, the prefix becomes au-.
- Before p, the prefix becomes as- (but with some exceptions).
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Physics
- English unproductive prefixes
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German prefixes
- Latin lemmas
- Latin prefixes