||Ab (ăb), n. [Of Syriac origin.]
The fifth month of the
Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.
Ab- (ăb). [Latin prep., etymologically the same as E. of, off. See Of.]
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract,
abscond. See A-(6).
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