Where does “abstenir” come from?

abstenir (French) comes from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstenir (French): to abstain

Definitions

  1. to abstain

Ancestry of “abstenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchabstenirto abstain from; to not participate in
2Latinabstineōto abstain
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstenir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →
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