Where does “abstemia” come from?

abstemia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto abstemio, from Latin abstēmius, from Latin abs-, from Latin ab, from Proto-Italic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

abstemia (Esperanto): abstemious

Definitions

  1. abstemious

Ancestry of “abstemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoabstemioabstemiousness
2Latinabstēmiusabstaining from wine, abstemious; sober
3Latinabs-away from
4Latinabfrom, away from, out of; down from; by, by means...
5Proto-Italicab
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó
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