Etymology

self-denial

Today it means: Action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others. Full definition →

English denial ← Middle English self- ← Old English self-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishdenial
  9. English todayself-denial

From self- + denial.

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