Where does “astẽença” come from?

astẽença (Old Portuguese) 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.

astẽença (Old Portuguese): fasting

Definitions

  1. fasting

Ancestry of “astẽença”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →