Etymology

abstrict

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Today it means: To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint Full definition →

Latin ab
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromab“by”
  2. English todayabstrict

From Latin ab (“by”) + stringō (“to draw tight”)

Words from the same roots

Latinab all →

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