Where does “absteiner” come from?
absteiner (Middle English) comes from Middle English absteinen, from Old French abstenir, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Ancestry of “absteiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | absteinen | to abstain |
| 2 | Old French | abstenir | to abstain from; to not participate in |
| 3 | Latin | abstineō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “absteiner”