Where does “abusif” come from?

abusif (French) comes from Latin abūsīvus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

abusif (French): abusive

Definitions

  1. abusive

Ancestry of “abusif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabūsīvusmisused
2Latinabūtorto use up, exhaust, consume entirely
3Latinūtorto use, make use of, employ
4Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъcroze
5Proto-Slavictorъpaddock, pen
6Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “abusif”

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