Etymology

abortative

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Today it means: Abortive, abortifacient (causing abortion). Full definition →

English abort ← Latin abortare
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  1. Latinaborior
  2. Latinabortō
  3. Latinabortare
  4. Englishabort
  5. English todayabortative

From abort + -ative.

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