Where does “abstinent” come from?

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

abstinent (Old French): abstinent

Definitions

  1. abstinent

Ancestry of “abstinent”, step by step

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

Words derived from “abstinent”

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