English

abstinential

From abstinent + -ial.

Formed from abstinent + -ial

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’

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Latin abstineō ‘abstain’

Latin abstinēns ‘abstaining’

Old French abstinent

Middle English abstinent

Today it means

adj of or pertaining to abstinence

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abstinential