Where does “abateure” come from?

abateure (Old French) comes from Old French eure, from Latin hora, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

abateure (Old French): slaughter

Definitions

  1. slaughter

Ancestry of “abateure”, step by step

abateure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French eure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrencheureAlternative form of ore
2Latinhorahour; time; o'clock
3Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
4Proto-Hellenic*worā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Old French abatre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchabatreto knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to...
2Late Latinabbatto—
3Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
4Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “abateure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *worā →