ab-

prefix — 3 senses

ab-

prefix

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

1

Idiomatic, Morpheme From.

ab- + sorb → absorb

2

Idiomatic, Morpheme Away from; outside of.

ab- + normal → abnormal
ab- + axial → abaxial

Synonyms: out-, off-, apo-, de-, away, off

ab-

prefix

Etymology Clipping of absolute.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Morpheme Used in the names of certain units in the centimeter-gram-second system.

ab- + coulomb → abcoulomb
ab- + henry → abhenry

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