Where does “abortuary” come from?
abortuary (English) comes from English abort, from Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abortuary (English): A place where abortions are performed
Definitions
- A place where abortions are performed
Ancestry of “abortuary”, step by step
abortuary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abort | A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion;... |
| 2 | Latin | abortus | premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion; an... |
| 3 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via English mortuary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mortuary | of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal;... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | mortuarie | mortuary |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | mortuarium | receptacle for the dead; mortuary; A receptacle... |
| 4 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |