Etymology

self-restrained

Today it means: Possessing self-restraint; holding back the expression of one's own emotions, impulses, opinions, or desires, or the performance of actions. Full definition →

English restrained ← 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. Englishrestrained
  9. English todayself-restrained

From self- + restrained.

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