Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abortment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: abort-ment
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin aborior Latin abortō Latin abortareder. English abort Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English abortment From abort + -ment.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

abortments (plural)

Questions

What does abortment mean?: Abortion.
Where does abortment come from?: Etymology tree Latin aborior Latin abortō Latin abortareder. English abort Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English abortment From abort + -ment.

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