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continentia.

restraint/self-control/abstinence/holding back/repression (passion/appetite); contents of a work; contiguity; proximity;

11 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. self-control, self-restraint, moderation

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. abstinence, continence

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin continens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin continentia From continens + -ia.

adj

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of continēns (“limiting, enclosing; bordering, neighboring; connected, continuous, unbroken; continual, uninterrupted; (of temperament) moderate, temperate”)

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin continens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin continentia From continens + -ia.

verb

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of continēns (“holding together, containing; (places) enclosing, bounding, limiting”)

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · participle · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin continens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin continentia From continens + -ia.

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