English
proabortion
From pro- + abortion.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’
Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’
English pro-
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘rise, get up’
Latin aborior ‘to miscarry’
Latin abortiōnem ‘miscarriage, abortion’
English abortion
Today it means
adj Supportive of the practice and/or legalization of abortion.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “proabortion”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / proabortion