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 act or practice of abstaining

Definitions

  1. abstinence act or practice of abstaining

Ancestry of “abstinence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstinentiaabstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative...
2Latinabstinēnsabstaining
3Latinabstineōto abstain
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abstinence”

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