Where does “abandonment” come from?
Abandonment comes from French abandonnement, from French abandonner, from Middle French -ment suffix combined with Latin ad and habere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
abandonment (English): The act of abandoning, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “abandonment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abandonnement | The act of giving up or surrendering when faced... |
| 2 | French | abandonné | past participle of abandonner; given up,... |
| 3 | French | abandonner | to give up; to abandon, forsake |
| 4 | Italian | abbandonare | to abandon; to give up on, to abandon; to give... |
| 5 | Old French | abandoner | to abandon |
| 6 | Old French | bandon | jurisdiction |
| 7 | Latin | bannum | Alternative form of bannus; accusative singular... |
| 8 | Frankish | ban | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bannaną | to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |