Where does “avortement” come from?
avortement (French) comes from French avorter, from Latin abortō, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avortement (French): abortion, termination
Definitions
- abortion, termination
Ancestry of “avortement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avorter | to abort, to terminate; to have an abortion; to... |
| 2 | Latin | abortō | to bring forth prematurely |
| 3 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |