The story
- Latin · derived fromab-“from, away, outside”
- English todayabstriction
From Latin ab- (“from, away, outside”) + strictio (“act of pressing together”), from strictus (“tightened”). Equivalent to abstrict + -ion.
Words from the same roots
Latinab- all →
abateab-abrenounce
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.