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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 263 words | Copyright

of prep. OE. of, orig. stressless var. of æf (surviving only as prefix), corr. to OS., MLG., (M)Du., ON., Goth. af, OHG. aba :- Gmc. adv. and prep *aƀ(a) : — IE *ap(o), repr. also by L. ab, Gr. apó, Lith. apa-, Skr. ápa away from, down

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