abattoir
AB-uh-twahr · noun
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Origin
Borrowed from French abattoir, itself built from the verb abattre, meaning "to slaughter," plus the suffix -oir, meaning "place for."
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Journey
The word has named a slaughterhouse from its French coinage into English use.
Related words
It's a cognate of English abate, since both abattoir and abate trace back to the same root verb, abattre.