Etymology

abovementioned

above·men·tioned
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Today it means: mentioned above Full definition →

English mentioned ← Middle English aboven ← Old English abūfan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ud-s-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂u-s-?
  3. Proto-Germanic*uz-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*uʀ-
  5. Old Englishar-
  6. Old Englishā-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  9. Proto-Germanic*ub
  10. Proto-Germanic*ubanē
  11. Proto-West Germanic*obanā
  12. Proto-West Germanic*biobanā
  13. Old Englishbufan
  14. Old Englishabūfan
  15. Middle Englishaboven
  16. Englishabove
  17. Englishmentioned
  18. English todayabovementioned

From above + mentioned.

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