Etymograph

English

abstrused

Abstrused comes from Latin abstrūsus ‘hidden, concealed, having been concealed’, from abstrūdō ‘push away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*trewd-‘to push, to thrust’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*troudō‘to thrust’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrūdō‘thrust, push, shove’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabstrūdō‘push away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabstrūsus‘hidden, concealed, having been concealed’
  6. Englishtodayabstrused

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*trewd-‘to push, to thrust’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*troudō‘to thrust’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrūdō‘thrust, push, shove’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabstrūdō‘push away’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabstrūsus‘hidden, concealed, having been concealed’
  6. Englishtodayabstrused

Formed from abstrūsus + -ed

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *trewd- ‘to push, to thrust’

threat, thrust, protrude, protrusion, 10 more

through Latin trūdō ‘thrust, push, shove’

intrude, extrusion, 9 more

Today it means

adj Synonym of abstruse.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *trewd- / abstrused

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