Where does “abuseur” come from?
abuseur (French) comes from French abuser, from French abus, 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.
abuseur (French): abuser
Definitions
- abuser
Ancestry of “abuseur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abuser | to mislead; to take advantage of somebody; to... |
| 2 | French | abus | abuse |
| 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 |