abolere +‎ -ing, first part verbal noun form of abolere (“to abolish”), from Latin abolēre, present active infinite of aboleō (“I retard, destroy, abolish”), from both ab- (“away, from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from *oleō (“I grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

• IPA^(key): /abʊˈleːrɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ler‧ing

abolering m (definite singular aboleringen, indefinite plural aboleringer, definite plural aboleringene)

1. the act of abolishing

• “abolering” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).