oriri-, orir-, ori-, or-
(Latin: to rise, to be born; the rising sun, east; to rise, become visible, appear)
aboriginal
aboriginally
aboriginary
ab origine
From the first; from the origin.
This phrase may be translated as “from the very beginning, from the source, or from the origin”; and from the beginning of something; from the creation of the world.
Ab origine fidelis.
Faithful from the first.
aborigines
1. Native; any of the first or earliest known inhabitants of a region.
2. Etymology:
ab- +
origine, "original".
The Aborigines, an Italian tribe from Latium whom the Latins were said to be descended; hence original inhabitants of a country.
abort (ə BORT), aborted, aborting
1. To give birth before the fetus is viable; to have a miscarriage; or a reference to something that fails to be completed.
2. To cut short because of some failure in equipment: "To abort a flight because of radio failure."
3. Originally, "to set" or "to disappear" (as the sun). Composed of ab-, "from" and oriri- "to arise"; the part of the sky, or the world, in which the sun rises; the East.
aborticide
The killing of a fetus during an abortion.
abortifacient
A drug or device that causes an abortion or kills the fetus before birth.
abortion, abortional
1. Expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is viable; however, medical personnel will also use this term for a miscarriage, which is involuntary, calling it a "spontaneous abortion".
2. Induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent survival.
3. Anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature; such as, a design, project, or a badly developed plan, etc.
4. To miscarry, to disappear.
4. Etymology: ab-, "from, away from" and oriri, "to come into being, to rise, to be born".
abortionist
1. Anyone who believes and promotes the practice of abortion.
2. Someone who makes a business of inducing illegal abortions.
3. A person who supports, or advocates, abortion-on-demand.
abortion-on-demand
The right of a pregnant woman to have an abortion at any time during pregnancy.
abortive,
1. A reference to being incompletely developed.
2. Effecting an abortion; abortifacient (a drug or device that causes abortion) or an intervention to end a pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus from the womb.
3. Cutting short the course of a disease.
4. Failing to accomplish an objective, futile; imperfectly developed.
abortively
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abortiveness
Failing to accomplish an intended result: "Solving the financial crisis might result in an abortive effort."