Etymograph

English

abort

Abort comes from Latin aborior ‘miscarry’, from orior ‘to come into being’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to come into being’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaborior‘miscarry’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortusperfect active participle of aborior
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1624abort

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to come into being’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaborior‘miscarry’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortusperfect active participle of aborior
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1624abort

Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to stir, rise’

run, ride, earn, orient, irritate, irritable, aborigines, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 13 more

through Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’

originally, originality, origination, aborigine, 5 more

through Latin orior ‘to come into being’

original, origin, orienteering, 9 more

Another origin of abort

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃er-‘to stir, rise’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorioras oriri‘come into being, arise, appear’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaboriri‘miscarry’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortus
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortare
  7. Englishtodayabort

Today it means

noun An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *oriōr / abort

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