Where does “abstinent” come from?

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

abstinent (French): abstinent, teetotal; abstinent, teetotaler /...

Definitions

  1. abstinent, teetotal; abstinent, teetotaler /...

Ancestry of “abstinent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchabstinentabstinent
2Old Frenchabstinentabstinent
3Latinabstinēnsabstaining
4Latinabstineōto abstain
5Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6Latinābfrom, away from, out of
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstinent”

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