verb/a.bu.tiʁ/
to lead to, to end up in, to reach; to lead to, to have the consequence of; to reach a conclusion, to succeed; to touch by one end
Inherited from Middle French aboutir, from Old French aboutir (“to endure stubbornly, persist”), derived from bouter (“to persist”), ultimately of Germanic origin. By surface analysis, a- + bouter. See also bout.