Etymograph

English

abortin

From New Latin abortus + English -in.

Formed from abortus + -in

Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’

Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’

Latin aborior ‘to miscarry, be aborted (of a fetus)’

New Latin abortus ‘miscarriage’

English abortus

Today it means

noun An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abortin