English
abstainment
From abstain + -ment.
A compound of abstain + -ment
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
noun An act of abstaining; an abstention.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abstainment