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abortion

/əˈbɔːʃən/uh-BAWR-shuhn
/əˈbɔɹʃən/uh-BAWR-shuhn

Meaningto fail

Common meaning: the ending of a pregnancy before birth

Journey through time

  1. Latinaboriri‘to fail’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsto fail → an untimely birthabortio‘an untimely birth’source
  3. Englishabortion‘the ending of a pregnancy before birth’ · today

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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin aboriri ‘to fail’.

Roots

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