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Ab-

prefix

Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    From. idiomatic, morpheme

    "ab- + sorb → absorb"

  2. 2
    A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb. morpheme
  3. 3
    Away from; outside of. idiomatic, morpheme

    "ab- + normal → abnormal"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of absolute.

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