Where does “abortive” come from?
abortive (Latin) comes from Latin abortivus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abortive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of abortīvus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of abortīvus
Ancestry of “abortive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abortivus | Of or pertaining to a premature delivery,... |
| 2 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |