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Where does “aborto” come from?

aborto (Spanish) comes from Latin abortus, from Latin aborior, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

aborto (Spanish): abortion; miscarriage; a very ugly person

Definitions

  1. abortion; miscarriage; a very ugly person

Ancestry of “aborto”, 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
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “aborto”

  • antiabortista
  • antiaborto
  • abortista
  • aborto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →