Word Origin Summary

Aabut is attested in Gullah. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. abbotMiddle Englishinherited from
2. abbatEnglishinherited from
3. ἀββᾶςAncient Greekderived from
4. abbāsLatinderived from
5. *ʔabw-Proto-Semiticinherited from
6. abbotEnglishderived from
7. אבאTal (Aramaic)derived from

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