English

as-

Away from.

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    Origin

    Assimilated form of ab- + before -s-, from Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).

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    • prefixEnglishab- “From.”
      • borrowedLatinab- “from, away from”
        • derivedLatinbatto
      • derivedEnglishabsolute “Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishabsolut
    • derivedLatinab “of, off, from, away”
      • inheritedProto-Italic*ap
        • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂epó “away”
      • derivedAncient Greekσκοπός “watcher”
        • partAncient Greekσκέπτομαι “to examine; to look at; to consider, think”
        • partAncient Greek-ός

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