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Where does “abience” come from?

abience (English) comes from English abient, from Latin abiens, from Latin abeo, from Latin eo, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

abience (English): Withdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus

Definitions

  1. Withdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus

Ancestry of “abience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabientCharacterized by avoidance or withdrawal
2Latinabiensdeparting, going away; passing away,...
3LatinabeoI depart, go away, go off; I am transformed,...
4LatineoI go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I...
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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