Where does “abominate” come from?
abominate (English) comes from French abominer, from Italian aborrire, from Italian abborrire, from Latin abhorrīre, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab.
abominate (English): Abominable; detested; To feel disgust towards; to...
Definitions
- Abominable; detested; To feel disgust towards; to...
Ancestry of “abominate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | abominer | To hold in abomination; to detest, abhor,... |
| 2 | Italian | aborrire | to abhor, to detest, to loathe; To be averse |
| 3 | Italian | abborrire | Alternative spelling of aborrire |
| 4 | Latin | abhorrīre | — |
| 5 | Latin | abhorreō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 7 | Latin | āb | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abominate”