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...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being sober; Soundness of...

Ancestry of “sobriety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsobriete—
2Latinsōbrietāssobriety
3Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sobriety”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →
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