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ebb
O.E.
ebba,
perhaps from P.Gmc.
*abjon,
from
*ab-
, from PIE base
*apo-
"off, away" (see
apo
-). Figurative sense of "decline, decay" is c.1400. Related:
Ebbed
;
ebbing
.
