English word abortion comes from Latin orior, Latin ab, and later Latin abortio (Premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
---|---|---|
orior | Latin (lat) | I am born, come to exist, originate.. I appear, become visible.. I rise, get up. |
ab | Latin (lat) | (source of action or event) by, of. (time) after, since. At, on, in. From, away from, out of. |
aborior | Latin (lat) | (intransitive) I disappear, pass away, set.. (intransitive) I miscarry, am aborted (of a baby). |
abortio | Latin (lat) | Premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion. |
abortion | English (en) | (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]. (chiefly, arts) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.. (dated) The immature product of an untimely birth. [First attested in the late 16th century.]. (figuratively) Failure of a promise or a goal. [First attested in the early 18th century.]. [...] |