Where does “abține” come from?

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

abține (Romanian): to abstain

Definitions

  1. to abstain

Ancestry of “abține”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabstenirto abstain
2Old Frenchabstenirto abstain from; to not participate in
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 “abține”

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