What is the meaning of the prefixes A AB and ABS?

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Regarding this, what are words with the prefix AB?

Words with prefix "ab" or "abs"

• abdicate. relinquish. renounce.
• abduct. carry off. kidnap.
• aberration. deviation. eccentricity.
• abhor. detest. loathe.
• abject. mean. extremely bad.
• abjure. retract. renounce.
• abnegate. abjure. renounce.
• abnormal. singular. anomalous.

Furthermore, what is the meaning of the prefix A? prefix meaning "not, without," from Greek a-, an- "not" (the "alpha privative"), from PIE root *ne- "not" (source also of English un-). In words from Greek, such as abysmal, adamant, amethyst; also partly nativized as a prefix of negation (asexual, amoral, agnostic).

Also Know, what is the meaning of the root word AB?

The English prefix ab-, which means “away,” appears in many English vocabulary words, such as absent, abduct, and absolute." You can remember that the prefix ab- means “away” via the word absent, for someone who is absent is “away” from a place, such as school or work.

What prefix means with or together?

com- a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle. Also co-, col-, con-, cor-.