Where does “aborrire” come from?
aborrire (Italian) comes from Italian abborrire, from Latin abhorrīre, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
aborrire (Italian): to abhor, to detest, to loathe; To be averse
Definitions
- to abhor, to detest, to loathe; To be averse
Ancestry of “aborrire”, step by step
aborrire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian abborrire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | abborrire | Alternative spelling of aborrire |
| 2 | Latin | abhorrīre | abhor, be disgusted by, dislike |
| 3 | Latin | abhorreō | to abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from |
| 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 | — |
via Spanish abominar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | abominar | to condemn, denounce; to abhor |
| 2 | Latin | abōminor | to deprecate (as an ill omen) |
| 3 | Latin | ōminor | to forebode, presage, prognosticate, augur, predict, prophesy |
| 4 | Latin | ōmen | omen, sign, harbinger, portent, token |
| 5 | Old Latin | osmen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |