abort
‘miscarriage’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. abhort, abort, obort < Lat. abortus < aboriri ‘to miscarry, be aborted, fail, disappear, pass away’ < ab ‘amiss’ + oriri ‘arise, rise, get up; appear above the horizon, become visible; be born, be descended, receive life’ < awt < heri- < Tamil el