Where does “astjena” come from?

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

astjena (Maltese): to abstain

Definitions

  1. to abstain

Ancestry of “astjena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianastenereto keep away
2Latinabstineōto abstain
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →