Where does “abortífero” come from?
abortífero (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese aborto, from Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abortífero (Portuguese): abortive causing abortion
Definitions
- abortive causing abortion
Ancestry of “abortífero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | aborto | abortion, miscarriage; monster, ugly thing |
| 2 | Latin | abortus | premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion; an... |
| 3 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 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 | — |