Where does “abime” come from?
abime (Mauritian Creole) comes from French abîmer, from French abîme, from Old French abisme, from Late Latin abyssimus, from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
abime (Mauritian Creole): to damage; to spoil
Ancestry of “abime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | abîmer | to damage; To fall down or sink and disappear in... |
| 2 | French | abîme | abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley;... |
| 3 | Old French | abisme | Hell |
| 4 | Late Latin | abyssimus | abysmal |
| 5 | Latin | abyssus | an abyss |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄβυσσος | bottomless, boundless; unfathomable; bottomless... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |