Where does “abstinentie” come from?
abstinentie (Dutch) comes from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstinentie (Dutch): abstinence
Definitions
- abstinence
Ancestry of “abstinentie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 2 | Latin | abstinentia | abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | abstinēns | abstaining |
| 4 | Latin | abstineō | to abstain |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |