ab-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"

English

Etymology 1

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

  • a- (found if the root word started with m, p, or v)
  • abs- (found if the root word started with c or t)

Prefix

ab-

  1. (non-productive) From.
    ab- + ‎sorb → ‎absorb
  2. (non-productive) Away from; outside of.
    ab- + ‎normal → ‎abnormal
    ab- + ‎axial → ‎abaxial

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of absolute.

Prefix

ab-

  1. (physics) A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb.

References

  1. ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 1
  • ab- at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard German) IPA(key): /ap/, [ʔäpʰ]
  • (Switzerland) IPA(key): /ab̥/

Prefix

ab-

  1. Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off, away.
    ab- + ‎fahren (“to drive”) → ‎abfahren (“to depart, drive away”)
    ab- + ‎spülen (“to rinse, wash”) → ‎abspülen (“to rinse off, wash off”)
  2. Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.
  3. Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
  4. Noun prefix that indicates deviation or being different from the source.
    ab- + ‎Art (“kind, sort”) → ‎Abart (“variety, variant, anomality”)
    ab- + ‎Gott (“God”) → ‎Abgott (“idol; god other than the true God”)
    ab- + ‎Laut (“sound”) → ‎Ablaut (“ablaut; vowel gradation or alternation”)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_prefixed_with_ab-'>German words prefixed with ab-</a>

See also

Latin

Etymology

From ab (“from, of, away from”)

Prefix

ab-

  1. from, away, away from
  2. off
  3. at a distance
  4. completely, thoroughly
  5. absence of
  6. more remote

Usage notes

  • 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

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_prefixed_with_ab-'>Latin words prefixed with ab-</a>
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