English
IVG
IVG comes from French interruption volontaire de grossesse ‘induced abortion’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentinterruption volontaire de grossesse‘induced abortion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989IVG
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentinterruption volontaire de grossesse‘induced abortion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989IVG
Earliest quotation: 1989, Contemporary France:: “By the 1982 mobilisations to force the Left government…”
Every English word from French interruption volontaire de grossesse
Today it means
noun An inducted abortion (in the context of a country like France).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French interruption volontaire de grossesse / IVG