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
- vocative masculine singular of abūsīvus
Ancestry of “abusive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abusivus | misused |
| 2 | Latin | abusus | consumed, wasted, misused; consumption; wasting |
| 3 | Latin | abutor | I use up, exhaust, consume; I waste, squander; I... |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |