Where does “abortus” come from?

abortus (English) comes from New Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abortus (English): An abortion; An aborted fetus, especially one...

Definitions

  1. An abortion; An aborted fetus, especially one...

Ancestry of “abortus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinabortusmiscarriage; premature delivery, miscarriage,...
2LatinaboriorI disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am...
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →