Where does “abstinence” come from?
abstinence (French) comes from Middle French abstinence, from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab.
abstinence (French): abstinence act or practice of abstaining
Definitions
- abstinence act or practice of abstaining
Ancestry of “abstinence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 2 | Old French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 3 | Latin | abstinentia | abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | abstinēns | abstaining |
| 5 | Latin | abstineō | to abstain |
| 6 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 7 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |