English abstain

← English tenable (mention)

← Middle English absteynen (inherited)

← Middle English absteinen (mention)

← Middle English abstenen (mention)

← Old French astenir (derived)

← Old French abstenir (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *ten- (root)

← Latin abstineō (derived)

← Latin abs- (mention)

← Latin teneō (mention)

→ English abstainer (link)

→ English abstinence (affix)

→ English abstainment (suffix)

→ Arabic كف (link)

→ Indonesian abstain (borrowed)