French word abrutir comes from French brute, French a-, French -ir (A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| brute | French (fra) | (By analogy) A person without reason.. An animal lacking in intelligence and sensibility.. An animal lacking in reason.. One who imposes his will on others using violence - a bully. |
| a- | French (fra) | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that denote entering a state, making progress toward a goal, or the like. A-, non-, -less. |
| -ir | French (fra) | A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs. |
| abrutir | French (fra) | (ambitransitive) To blunt or deaden the mind.. (literary) To return to a brutish or bestial state.. (transitive) To overwhelm, to devastate.. (transitive) To render idiotic; to turn into idiots. |