א־בأ ب و

ʾ-b “father”

Proto-Semitic *ʾab(w)- 'father' gave Aramaic ʾabbāʾ, the word Jesus prays with, which desert monks made a title, hence abbot. It is the first part of Abram/Abraham, 'the father is exalted', and of the patronymic Bar-Abbā, Barabbas.

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Words from this root 4

abbaAramaic → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Middle English → English
abbotProto-Semitic → Aramaic → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
AbrahamBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
BarabbasAramaic → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Middle English → English

Relatives outside the atlas

Biblical Hebrew	אָב	ʾāḇ	“father”
Biblical Hebrew	אָבוֹת	ʾāḇôṯ	“fathers, patriarchs”
Arabic	أَب	ʾab	“father”
Arabic	أَبُو	ʾabū	“father of (in names, e.g. Abū Bakr)”
Akkadian	abu	abu	“father”
Biblical Hebrew	אַבְשָׁלוֹם	ʾAḇšālôm	“Absalom, 'father is peace'”