English
abstainable
From abstain + -able.
Formed from abstain + -able
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, draw’
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Latin teneō ‘to hold’
Latin abstineō ‘to hold oneself back’
Old French astenir
Middle English absteynen ‘to avoid, stay away from, refrain from…’
English abstain
Today it means
adj Capable of being abstained.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abstainable