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Where does “abuser” come from?

abuser (French) comes from French abus, from Old French abus, from Latin abūsus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

abuser (French): to mislead; to take advantage of somebody; to...

Definitions

  1. to mislead; to take advantage of somebody; to...

Ancestry of “abuser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabusabuse
2Old Frenchabusexcess; abuse
3Latinabūsus—
4Latinabūtor—
5Latinūtor—
6Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъ—
7Proto-Slavictorъ—
8Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “abuser”

  • abuseur
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