Etymograph

English

abreact

Partial calque of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”), equivalent to ab- + react.

Formed from ab- + react

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo ‘off, away’

English ab-

Today it means

verb To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.

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