Where does “abstans” come from?
abstans (Latin) comes from Latin absto, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstans (Latin): standing off
Ancestry of “abstans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | absto | I stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof |
| 2 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 3 | Latin | āb | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |