Where does “abusivement” come from?
abusivement (French) comes from French abusive, from French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
abusivement (French): abusively
Definitions
- abusively
Ancestry of “abusivement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abusive | feminine singular of abusif |
| 2 | French | abusif | abusive |
| 3 | Latin | abūsīvus | misused |
| 4 | Latin | abūtor | to use up, exhaust, consume entirely |
| 5 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |