apo-

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
6. English todayapo-

From the Ancient Greek prefix ἀπό- (apó-), from the preposition ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), whence the English words off and of, and ab- (via Latin). Doublet of ab- and off-.

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