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Where does “abstemious” come from?

Abstemious comes from Latin abstemius, derived from Latin abs meaning "away from."

abstemious (English): Refraining from freely consuming food or strong...

Definitions

  1. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong...

Ancestry of “abstemious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstēmius—
2Latinabs-away from
3Latinabfrom, away from, out of; down from; by, by means...
4Proto-Italicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

Words derived from “abstemious”

  • abstemiousness
  • abstemiously
  • unabstemious
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