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Where does “abusare” come from?

abusare (Italian) comes from Italian abuso, from Latin abūsus, 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.

abusare (Italian): to abuse or take advantage of something / someone

Definitions

  1. to abuse or take advantage of something / someone

Ancestry of “abusare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianabusooveruse; abuse, misuse; first-person singular...
2Latinabūsus—
3Latinabūtor—
4Latinūtor—
5Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъ—
6Proto-Slavictorъ—
7Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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