Where does “abolition” come from?
Abolition comes from Middle French abolition, from Latin abolitio, derived from Latin aboleo meaning "to destroy or do away with," itself formed from the prefix ab- meaning "away" combined with a root ultimately from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον.
abolition (English): The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation;...
Definitions
- The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation;...
Ancestry of “abolition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | abolition | — |
| 2 | Latin | abolitiō | abolishing, annulling, abolition |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “abolition”
- abolitionist
- abolitionism
- antiabolitionist
- abolitionize
- antiabolitionism
- abolitionary
- abolitional
- abolitiondom
- abolitionistic
- abolitionise
- abolicio
- abolisjonist
- proabolitionist
- nonabolition
- proabolition
- reabolition
- anti-abolitionism
- аболиционизм
- аболициони́зм
- abolicii
- abolicionismo
- abolicjonista
- abolicjonizm
- abolisjonisme