Where does “abort” come from?

abort (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abort (Norwegian Nynorsk): an abortion

Definitions

  1. an abortion

Ancestry of “abort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabortuspremature delivery, miscarriage, abortion; an...
2LatinaboriorI disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am...
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →