Etymograph

English

aback of

From aback + of.

Formed from aback + of

Old English onbæc ‘backwards, back’

Middle English abak ‘backward, away’

English aback

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

…

Proto-West Germanic *ab

Old English æf

Old English of ‘from’

Middle English of

English of

Today it means

prep Behind; on the other side of

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aback of