abolish

前缀ab-, 离开，非。词根ol,生长，滋养，同old, adult.

abolish (v.)

mid-15c., from Middle French aboliss-, present participle stem of abolir \\\"to abolish\\\" (15c.), from Latin abolere \\\"destroy, cause to die out, retard the growth of,\\\" perhaps from ab- \\\"from\\\" (see ab-) + adolere \\\"to grow,\\\" from PIE *ol-eye-, causative of root *al- (3) \\\"to grow, nourish\\\" (see old), and perhaps formed as an antonym to adolere. But the Latin word rather could be from a root in common with Greek ollymi, apollymi \\\"destroy.\\\" Tucker writes that there has been a confusion of forms in Latin, based on similar roots, one meaning \\\"to grow,\\\" the other \\\"to destroy.\\\" Application to persons and concrete objects has long been obsolete. Related: Abolished; abolishing.