Where does “sobriety” come from?
Sobriety derives from Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas (a noun formed with the suffix -tas from ebrius, meaning drunk, itself from suus, one's own), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swé, one's self.
sobriety (English): The quality or state of being sober; Soundness of...
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- The quality or state of being sober; Soundness of...
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