Ebb Definition
The receding movement of the tide.
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Origin of Ebb
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From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjōn (compare West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. (compare Old English af). More at of, off.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ebbe from Old English ebba apo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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