Where does “abeyance” come from?
Abeyance comes from Anglo-Norman abeiance, from Old French -ance suffix and habere meaning to have, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád.
abeyance (English): Expectancy; condition of ownership of real...
Definitions
- Expectancy; condition of ownership of real...
Ancestry of “abeyance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | abeiance | legal expectation; Alternative form of abeance |
| 2 | Old French | abeance | desire; want |
| 3 | Old French | abeër | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | bato | — |
Words derived from “abeyance”