Where does “abstinentia” come from?

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

abstinentia (Latin): abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative...

Definitions

  1. abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative...

Ancestry of “abstinentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstinēnsabstaining
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 “abstinentia”

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