Where does “avort” come from?
avort (Romanian) comes from Romanian avorta, from French avorter, from Latin abortō, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avort (Romanian): abortion; miscarriage
Definitions
- abortion; miscarriage
Ancestry of “avort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | avorta | to miscarry; to abort |
| 2 | French | avorter | to abort, to terminate; to have an abortion; to... |
| 3 | Latin | abortō | to bring forth prematurely |
| 4 | Latin | aborior | I disappear, pass away, set; I miscarry, am... |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |