English Explanatory Dictionary

ab-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. From.
  2. Away from; outside of.
prefix
  1. A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb.

Word forms

ab- a- abs-

Etymology

From Latin ab-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of). Doublet of apo- and off-.

Synonyms

out- off- apo- de- away off
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