Where does “abstenir” come from?

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

abstenir (Old French): to abstain from; to not participate in

Definitions

  1. to abstain from; to not participate in

Ancestry of “abstenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstineōto abstain
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstenir”

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