Where does “abattoir” come from?
Abattoir comes from French abattoir, derived from Old French abatre combined with the Latin suffix -orium, ultimately tracing to Latin ab and ad through Proto-Indo-European roots.
abattoir (English): A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc; A...
Definitions
- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc; A...
Ancestry of “abattoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | abattoir | slaughterhouse; abattoir |
| 2 | French | -oir | A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words... |
| 3 | Latin | -ere | infinitive forming suffix; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ezi | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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