abstinulo

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• abstinenculo (dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin abstineōbor.

Old French abstenirbor.

Middle English absteynen

English abstainbor.

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Old French abstenir

French abstenirbor.

German [Term?]bor.

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Latin abstinērebor.

Italian astenere

Proto-Indo-European *swé

Latin se

Italian si

Italian -si

Italian astenersibor.

Esperanto abstini

Russian -у́ля (-úlja)bor.

Proto-Slavic *-uľa

Polish -ulabor.

Esperanto -ulo

Esperanto abstinulo

From abstini (“to abstain”) + -ulo (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apstiˈnulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ab‧sti‧nu‧lo
• Hyphenation: abstin‧ulo

Noun

abstinulo (accusative singular abstinulon, plural abstinuloj, accusative plural abstinulojn)

1. an abstemious person, a teetotaler

Further reading

• “abstinulo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “abstinulo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026