Where does “abstineō” come from?

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

abstineō (Latin): to abstain

Definitions

  1. to abstain

Ancestry of “abstineō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
2Latinābfrom, away from, out of
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstineō”

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