Where does “abținere” come from?

abținere (Romanian) comes from Romanian abține, 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.

abținere (Romanian): abstention

Definitions

  1. abstention

Ancestry of “abținere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianabțineto abstain
2Frenchabstenirto abstain
3Old Frenchabstenirto abstain from; to not participate in
4Latinabstineōto abstain
5Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6Latinābfrom, away from, out of
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →