English
ab absurdo
Ab absurdo comes from Latin ab absurdō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab absurdōliterally ‘away from harsh’
- Englishtodayab absurdo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab absurdōliterally ‘away from harsh’
- Englishtodayab absurdo
A compound of ab ‘of, from, by, since’ + absurdō ‘silly, stupid’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
Proto-Italic *ap ‘from, off, away’
Latin ab ‘of, from, by, since’
The story
Learned borrowing from Latin ab absurdō (literally “away from harsh”), from ab (‘of, from, by, since’) + absurdō (‘silly, stupid’), ablative masculine/neuter of absurdus.
Every English word from Latin ab absurdō
Today it means
adv From absurdity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ab absurdō / ab absurdo