Etymograph

English

abtemporal

From ab- + temporal.

Formed from ab- + temporal

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

English ab-

Middle English temporal ‘transitory, worldly, material, of secular…’

English temporal

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses an action which started before the primary action of a statement, and which is still ongoing.

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Etymograph / abtemporal