Where does “abstēmius” come from?
abstēmius (Latin) comes from Latin abs-, from Latin ab, from Proto-Italic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
Ancestry of “abstēmius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | abs- | away from |
| 2 | Latin | ab | from, away from, out of; down from; by, by means... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |