Where does “abstinensiya” come from?
abstinensiya (Tagalog) comes from Spanish abstinencia, from Latin abstinentia, from Latin abstinēns, from Latin abstineō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abstinensiya (Tagalog): abstinence
Definitions
- abstinence
Ancestry of “abstinensiya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | abstinencia | abstinence, austereness, abstemiousness |
| 2 | Latin | abstinentia | abstinence, self-restraint; fasting; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | abstinēns | abstaining |
| 4 | Latin | abstineō | to abstain |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |