abortsøker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abort +‎ søker, first part from Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”). Second part søke +‎ -er, with the verb søke (“to search”) from Old Norse sǿkja (“to seek, look for, search”), from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek, look for”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to give a sign”), from *seh₂g- (“to seek out”) and *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots), with the suffix from Old Norse -ari, from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words, both from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈsøːkər/, /aˈbɔʁtsøːkər/

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧søk‧er

Noun

abortsøker m (definite singular abortsøkeren, indefinite plural abortsøkere, definite plural abortsøkerne)

1. an abortion seeker (one who is searching for the right or access to an abortion)
   • 1970, Morgenbladet:

     stadig flere abortsøkere henvender seg til familierådgivningskontorene

     more and more abortion seekers are turning to family counseling offices

Related terms

• abortsøkende (“abortion seeking”)
• abortrådgivning (“abortion counseling”)
• abortkurator (“abortion curator”)

References

• “abortsøker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abortsøker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).