köken: Originally "remote place", at first in Middle Low German afort (16th century). The contemporary sense as a euphemism since the 18th century. Analysable as ab (“off, away”) + Ort (“place”).
So etwas habe ich seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr erlebt. Finstere Halle, Türkenklo, streng riechend wie schwäbische Aborte vor fünfzig Jahren.
to disappear, pass away, set · to miscarry, be aborted (of a fetus)
çekim: ortaç abortus · şimdiki aborītur · ulaç aboriēns
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.? Proto-Italic *orjōr Latin orior Latin aborior From ab- (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).
to experience the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable: to abort, to miscarry, etc. · to go or come to naught; to result in nothing; to give no result; to take no effect; to be or become void or invalid.
köken: Possibly changed from ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng, “to be pregnant”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.? Proto-Italic *orjōr Latin orior Latin aborior Latin abortō Latin abortareder. English abortbor. German abortierenbor. ▲ Latin abortāre French avorterbor. Latin abortus Latin abortīrebor. Italian abortirebor. Esperanto aborti Borrowed…