English

subabortive

From sub- + abortive.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin aborior ‘miscarry, disappear’

Latin abortīvus ‘causing abortion’

Old French abortif

Middle English abortif

Today it means

adj Almost or imperfectly abortive.

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

Etymograph / subabortive