Where does “abstinență” come from?
abstinență (Romanian) comes from French abstinence, from Middle French abstinence, from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb.
abstinență (Romanian): abstinence
Definitions
- abstinence
Ancestry of “abstinență”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 2 | Middle French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 3 | Old French | abstinence | abstinence act or practice of abstaining |
| 4 | Latin | abstinentia | abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | abstinēns | abstaining |
| 6 | Latin | abstineō | to abstain |
| 7 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 8 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |