Where does “abuzá” come from?
abuzá (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese abusar, from Portuguese abuso, from Latin abūsus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
abuzá (Kabuverdianu): abuse, insult
Definitions
- abuse, insult
Ancestry of “abuzá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | abusar | to abuse; to insult |
| 2 | Portuguese | abuso | abuse; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | abūsus | having consumed, wasted or 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 |