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Where does “abstenim” come from?

abstenim (Albanian) comes from Latin abstentus, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstenim (Albanian): absenteeism

Definitions

  1. absenteeism

Ancestry of “abstenim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstentuskept off or away, held at a distance, avoided,...
2Latinabstineō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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