Where does “abstentiō” come from?

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

abstentiō (Latin): holding back, retaining

Definitions

  1. holding back, retaining

Ancestry of “abstentiō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstentuskept off or away, held at a distance, avoided,...
2Latinabstineōto abstain
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstentiō”

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