abortment

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h2ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h2epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin ab der.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h3er- der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin aborior

Latin abortō

Latin abortare der.

English abort

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -ment bor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English abortment

From abort + -ment .

abortment (plural abortments ) (obsolete )

Abortion. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the late 19^th century.]^[1]

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), "abortment", in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.