English
abortion
Abortion comes from Latin abortiōnem ‘miscarriage, abortion’, from orior ‘rise, get up’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *oriōr.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘rise, get up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaborior‘to miscarry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortiōnem‘miscarriage, abortion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605abortion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘rise, get up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaborior‘to miscarry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabortiōnem‘miscarriage, abortion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605abortion
Earliest quotation: 1605, 1578, The Third Day of the First Week: “Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A…”
Formed from abort + -ion
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘to come into being’
Latin aborior ‘miscarry’
Latin abortus
English abort
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to rise, to spring’
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 ‘rise, get up’
Today it means
noun A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *oriōr / abortion