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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
ABORTION. Etymology of the word
ABORTION.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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ABORTION, an
untimely birth. (L.) Abortion occurs in Hakewill's Apology,
p. 317 (R.) Shak. has abortive, L. L. L. i. I. 104.—Lat.
acc. abortionem, from abortio.—Lat.
abortus, pp. of aboriri, to fail.—Lat.
ab, from, away; and oriri, to arise, grow. + Gk. ὄρνυμι, I excite
(root ὀρ). +
Skt.
rinómi, I raise myself, I excite (root ar).—✔AR,
to arise, grow. See Curtius, i. 432; Fick, i. 19. From the same
root, abort-ive.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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