perh.
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The prefix aÏ is perh. due to L. ab.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Port., and It. forms; perh. of Ar. or Pers. origin.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Vocabulary.— falcibus = with bill-hooks; falx perh. akin to flect-o = bend, from its shape.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
Gr. ?, fr. ? to go back, retire; ? + ? to give place, retire, ? place; perh. akin to Skr. h¾ to leave.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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