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