abbreviate
abbreviateabbreviate: see briefabbreviate (v.)mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of a...
abbreviation
abbreviation (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (no...
ABC
ABC (n.)\\\"the alphabet,\\\" late 13c., abece. Sense \\\"rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)\\...
abdicate
abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (v.)1540s, \\\"to disown, disinherit (children),\\\" from Lat...
abdication
abdication (n.)1550s, \\\"a disowning,\\\" from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) \\\"renunc...
abdomen
abdomen (n.)1540s, \\\"belly fat,\\\" from Latin abdomen \\\"belly,\\\" which is of unknown origin,...
abdominal
abdominal (adj.)1550s, from medical Latin abdominalis, from abdomen (genitive abdominis); see abdome...
abduct
abduct (v.)\\\"to kidnap,\\\" 1834, probably a back-formation from abduction; also see abduce. Relat...
abduction
abduction (n.)1620s, \\\"a leading away,\\\" from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of a...