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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabsteinento abstain
2Old Frenchabstenirto abstain from; to not participate in
3Latinabstineō—
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “absteiner”

  • abstainer
  • nonabstainer
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