abstentio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin abstineō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin abstentiō

From abstineō (“to abstain, hold back”) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈstɛn.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈstɛn.t͡si.o]

Noun

abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) holding back, retaining
2. (Christianity) abstention, abstaining

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abstentiō	abstentiōnēs
genitive	abstentiōnis	abstentiōnum
dative	abstentiōnī	abstentiōnibus
accusative	abstentiōnem	abstentiōnēs
ablative	abstentiōne	abstentiōnibus
vocative	abstentiō	abstentiōnēs

Descendants

• → Bourguignon: aibstancion
• → French: abstention
  • → English: abstention
• → Italian: astensione
• → Polish: abstencja (learned)
• → Portuguese: abstenção
• → Romanian: abstențiune
• → Spanish: abstención

References

• “abstentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abstentio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.