Where does “abstinence” come from?
abstinence (Old French) comes from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstinence (Old French): abstinence
Ancestry of “abstinence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | abstinentia | abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative... |
| 2 | Latin | abstinēns | — |
| 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 “abstinence”