Where does “admin abuse” come from?
admin abuse (English) comes from English abuse, from Middle English abusen, from Old French abus, from Latin abūsus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
admin abuse (English): An event where free things that would otherwise cost money are given to players
Definitions
- An event where free things that would otherwise cost money are given to players
Ancestry of “admin abuse”, step by step
admin abuse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abuse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abuse | Improper treatment or usage; application to a... |
| 2 | Middle English | abusen | To misuse; to use improperly |
| 3 | Old French | abus | excess; abuse |
| 4 | Latin | abūsus | having consumed, wasted or misused |
| 5 | Latin | abūtor | to use up, exhaust, consume entirely |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via English admin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admin | Administration, or administrative work; A systems... |
| 2 | English | administrator | One who administers affairs; one who directs,... |
| 3 | Latin | administrātor | manager, conductor, administrator |
| 4 | Latin | administrō | to attend upon, assist, serve |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |