Where does “abusive” come from?

abusive (Latin) comes from Latin abusivus, from Latin abusus, from Latin abutor, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abusive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of abūsīvus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of abūsīvus

Ancestry of “abusive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabusivusmisused
2Latinabususconsumed, wasted, misused; consumption; wasting
3LatinabutorI use up, exhaust, consume; I waste, squander; I...
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →