Etymology

abstringe

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Today it means: To unbind; to loosen. Full definition →

Latin abstringō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromabstringō
  2. English todayabstringe

Borrowed from Latin abstringō, from ab- (“away”) + stringō (“to bind, to tie”).

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