abort
/əˈbɔːt/uh-BAWRT
/əˈbɔɹt/uh-BAWRT
Meaningto fall away from rising
Common meaning: to stop before completion
- abaway, off
- ortto rise, come into beingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1279 · scan
‘away, off’ + ‘to rise, come into being’ → abort
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin orior ‘to rise, come into being’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry orior, p. 1279 · dictionary scan
Roots
- orior, ortus Latin “to rise, come into being”
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