abatement (n.)mid-14c., from Old French abatement, from abattre (see abate).
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abbey (n.)mid-13c., \\\"convent headed by an abbot or abbess,\\\" from Anglo-French abbeie, Old Fren...
abbotabbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā, a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achi...
abbreviateabbreviate: see briefabbreviate (v.)mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of a...
abbreviation (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (no...
ABC (n.)\\\"the alphabet,\\\" late 13c., abece. Sense \\\"rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)\\...
abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (v.)1540s, \\\"to disown, disinherit (children),\\\" from Lat...
abdication (n.)1550s, \\\"a disowning,\\\" from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) \\\"renunc...
abdomen (n.)1540s, \\\"belly fat,\\\" from Latin abdomen \\\"belly,\\\" which is of unknown origin,...