Where does “abborrixxa” come from?
abborrixxa (Maltese) comes from Italian abborrire, from Latin abhorrīre, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abborrixxa (Maltese): to abhor, to detest
Definitions
- to abhor, to detest
Ancestry of “abborrixxa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | abborrire | Alternative spelling of aborrire |
| 2 | Latin | abhorrīre | abhor, be disgusted by, dislike |
| 3 | Latin | abhorreō | to abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |