ab
Latin
prep
Definitions
- from, away from, out of
- down from
- source of action or event by, by means of
- source of action or event by, by means of, with
- to, with
- at, on, in
- time after, since
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *ab inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away, from).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂epó
Gloss
off, away, from
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aborigines English
- ab extra English
- ab initio English
- aberr English
- abevacuation English
- abhominable English
- auto-off English
- backoff English
- blastoff English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- castoff English
- cutoff English
- face-off English
- faceoff English
- holdoff English
- jumpoff English
- kill off English
- knockoff English
- liftoff English
- lookoff English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- pay-off English
- pickoff English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- runoff English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- turnoff English
- waveoff English
- *abanteāre Latin
- *abantiare Latin
- *abantiāre Latin
- ab aeterno Latin
- ab ante Latin
- abamita Latin
- abante Latin
- aberrō Latin
- aborigines Latin
- aeternus Latin
- amita Latin
- antes Latin
- antīquitātem Latin
- aperīre Latin
- aphelium Latin
- apozymo Latin
- errō Latin
- exradicare Latin
- in abante Latin
- quatuor tempora Latin
- ab- Italian
- aborigeno Italian
- avanti Italian
- apokoinou Dutch, Flemish
- Aborigène French
- aborigène French
- абориген Russian
- avante Spanish, Castilian
- off Spanish, Castilian
- ἀποτελέω Ancient Greek
- ἀπό Ancient Greek
- ἀπόγειος Ancient Greek
- ἀπόθεος Ancient Greek
- ἀφαίρεσις Ancient Greek
- ἄντην Ancient Greek
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éntih₃kʷós Proto-Indo-European
- avante Portuguese
- *aba- Proto-Germanic
- *abjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *afanē Proto-Germanic
- *anda- Proto-Germanic
- *andi Proto-Germanic
- *andijaz Proto-Germanic
- *andswara- Proto-Germanic
- *anþiją Proto-Germanic
- *umbi Proto-Germanic
- aborigin Norwegian Nynorsk
- andswaru Old English
- swerian Old English
- अन्त Sanskrit
- अप Sanskrit
- अपहरण Sanskrit
- of Middle English
- aiféilean Irish
- endaþarmr Old Norse
- ab Danish
- arachier Old French
- avancer Old French
- avant Old French
- avantage Old French
- abans Catalan, Valencian
- avant Catalan, Valencian
- από Greek (modern)
- αφού Greek (modern)
- ἀπαντάω Greek (modern)
- ó Old Irish
- avancoj Albanian
- *au- Proto-Celtic
- *aw Proto-Celtic
- abans Occitan
- *ab Proto-Italic
- aunz Romansh
- avant Romansh
- avaunt Romansh
- avon Romansh
- avànt Romansh
- po Lithuanian
- *Hapá Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *anTā Proto-Albanian
- *antā Proto-Albanian
- *apa Proto-Albanian
- *po, *po(ˀ) Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐎠𐎱 Old Persian
- ambaxtos Gaulish
- *apo Proto-Hellenic
- 𒀀𒀊𒉺 Hittite
- *āntäp(ä)i Proto-Tocharian
- 𐀀𐀢 Mycenaean Greek
- 𒀀𒀊𒉺 Luwian