Where does “abstemius” come from?

abstemius (Latin) comes from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abstemius (Latin): abstaining from wine, abstemious; sober

Definitions

  1. abstaining from wine, abstemious; sober

Ancestry of “abstemius”, step by step

abstemius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin āb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinābfrom, away from, out of
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Latin tēmētum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēmētumany intoxicating drink, especially strong wine or mead
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantēmH-dark

Words derived from “abstemius”

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