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Where does “abstinenssi” come from?

abstinenssi (Finnish) comes from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstinenssi (Finnish): abstinence

Definitions

  1. abstinence

Ancestry of “abstinenssi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstinentiaabstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative...
2Latinabstinēns—
3Latinabstineō—
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstinenssi”

  • abstinenssioire
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