Where does “antiabortifacient” come from?
antiabortifacient (English) comes from English abortifacient, from English abort, from Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
antiabortifacient (English): Preventing miscarriage; Any substance that...
Definitions
- Preventing miscarriage; Any substance that...
Ancestry of “antiabortifacient”, step by step
antiabortifacient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abortifacient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abortifacient | Producing miscarriage; A drug or an agent that... |
| 2 | English | abort | A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion;... |
| 3 | Latin | abortus | premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion; an... |
| 4 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |