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

  1. Expectancy; condition of ownership of real...

Ancestry of “abeyance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanabeiancelegal expectation; Alternative form of abeance
2Old Frenchabeancedesire; want
3Old Frenchabeërto desire; to want; to covet
4Late Latinbato—

Words derived from “abeyance”

Every word from Late Latin bato →Every word from Old French abeër →Every word from Old French abeance →