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Word Origins

Dedicated to finding real origins of words in several languages
Edition 6

abstemious
not over enjoying, like food and drink

Origins
German ab 'away', 'down'
Latin ab 'away', 'off'
Indian Sanskrit stha 'remain', 'stay'

Mechanism
ab + Indian Sanskrit stha = English abstain 'stay away'
abstemiuous is adjective.of abstain

abstemiously
See abstain
abstemiously is adverb of abstain

abstemiousness
See abstain
abstemiousness is noun of abstain.

abstention
See abstain
abstention is noun of abstain.

abstentionism
See abstain
abstention is another noun of abstain.

abstinence
See abstain
abstinence is noun of abstain.

abstinent
See abstain
abstinent is adjective of abstain.

abstinently
See abstain
abstinently is adverb of abstain.

abundance
plenty

Origins
Indian Sanskrit a 'not'
Indian Sanskrit band 'bound', 'tied'

Mechanism
Indian Sanskrit a + band = English abundance 'not bound', 'plenty'

abundant
See abundance
abundant is adjective of abundance.

abundant in
having plenty
See abundance
abundant is adjective of abundance

abundantly
See abundance
abundantly is adverb of abundance

abuse
oral abuse, to use foul language

Origins
Indian Sanskrit prefix a 'not'
Indian Sanskrit bhaasha 'language'

Mechanism
Thus Indian Sanskrit a + bhaasha = English abuse

abused
one who is abused
See abuse

abuser
one who abuses
See abuse

abusive
insulting, offensive
See abuse
abusive is adjective of abuse.

abusively
See abuse
abusively is adverb of abuse.

abusiveness
See abuse
abusiveness is noun of abuse.

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