Where does “abusive” come from?
abusive (Italian) comes from Italian abusivo, 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.
abusive (Italian): feminine plural of abusivo
Definitions
- feminine plural of abusivo
Ancestry of “abusive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | abusivo | illegal, unauthorized, unlicensed |
| 2 | Latin | abūsīvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | abūtor | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |