Where does “abatement” come from?
Abatement comes from Old French -ment, a suffix derived from Latin -mentum, which combined Latin mens (mind) with Latin ad- (to) and Latin ab (away), tracing ultimately to Proto-Indo-European bʰew- and h₂éd (eat).
abatement (English): The act of abating, or the state of being abated;...
Definitions
- The act of abating, or the state of being abated;...
Ancestry of “abatement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abatement | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | abatre | to abate; to knock over; to knock down; to... |
| 3 | Italian | abbattere | to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to... |
| 4 | Latin | battere | — |
| 5 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |