Where does “Abus” come from?
Abus (Luxembourgish) comes from French abus, from Old French abus, 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.
Abus (Luxembourgish): abuse
Ancestry of “Abus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | abus | abuse |
| 2 | Old French | abus | excess; abuse |
| 3 | Latin | abūsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | abūtor | — |
| 5 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |