abstemio

See also: abstémio and abstêmio

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Latin abs-

Proto-Indo-European *temH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *tēmH-der.

Latin tēmētum

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin abstēmiusder.

Esperanto abstemio

From Latin abstēmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absteˈmio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: abs‧te‧mi‧o

Noun

abstemio (uncountable, accusative abstemion)

1. (literary) abstemiousness

Synonyms

• abstinado (“abstinence”)

Latin

Adjective

abstēmiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of abstēmius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstēmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈtemjo/ [aβ̞sˈt̪e.mjo]

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• Rhymes: -emjo
• Syllabification: abs‧te‧mio

Adjective

abstemio (feminine abstemia, masculine plural abstemios, feminine plural abstemias)

1. teetotal

Noun

abstemio m (plural abstemios, feminine abstemia, feminine plural abstemias)

1. teetotaller

Further reading

• “abstemio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025