ab-

From Latin ab-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of).^[1] Doublet of apo- and off-.

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

ab-

1. (no longer productive) From.

   ‎ab- + ‎sorb → ‎absorb

2. (no longer productive) Away from; outside of.

   ‎ab- + ‎normal → ‎abnormal

   ‎ab- + ‎axial → ‎abaxial

• (away from): out-, off-, apo-, de-, away, off

Abbreviation of absolute.

ab-

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

• “ab-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• -ba-, B. A., B.A., BA, Ba, ba, ba'

From ab, from Middle High German abe, ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-West Germanic *ab(a), from Proto-Germanic *ab. Compare English off-.

• (Standard German) IPA^(key): /ap/,
• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): /ab̥/

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ab-

1. Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off, away.

   Synonym: aus-

   ‎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.

   Synonyms: hinab-, herab-, runter-, herunter-, hinunter-

   ‎ab- + ‎tauchen (“to dive”) → ‎abtauchen (“to submerge”)

3. Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
4. Noun prefix that indicates being different from the source or deviation.

   ‎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”)

• (antonym(s) of “on”): an-
• (antonym(s) of “up”): auf-, rauf-, hinauf-, herauf-

• ab

• “ab-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “ab-” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “ab-” in Duden online
• “ab-” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Dutch ab-, from Latin ab-.

• IPA^(key):

ab-

1. ab- (from; away from; outside of)

• “ab-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin ab (“from, away from”).

ab-

1. ab- (away from; outside of)

• ab- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• ba

• abs- (used before /k/, /t/)
• ā- (used before /b/, /m/, /w/)

From the preposition ab (“from, away from”).

ab-

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

   abamita (“great-great-grandaunt”)

   abavia (“great-great-grandmother”)

   abavunculus (“great-great-granduncle”)

   abavus (“great-great-grandfather”)

   abmātertera (“great-great-grandaunt”)

   abnepōs (“great-great-grandson”)

   abneptis (“great-great-granddaughter”)

   absocer (“great-great-grandfather-in-law”)

• 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).

ab- (Jawi spelling اب-)

1. ab-

• “ab-” in Kamus Bahasa Melayu Nusantara Edisi Kedua (‘Nusantara Malay Language Dictionary Second Edition’), Berakas: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, 2011, →ISBN, page 1.