Word Origin Summary

Abstentus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• astensione

  Italian · derived from

• abstention

  English · borrowed from

• abstention

  French · derived from

• abstenção

  Portuguese · derived from

• abstențiune

  Romanian · borrowed from

• abstención

  Spanish · derived from

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