Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Abstemiousness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
restricted to bare necessities
moderation in eating and drinking
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
The word stems from Latin, combining ab- (meaning "away from") and tempestas (related to temperance), though the direct ancestor is the adjective abstemious. It originally described a state of moderation or self-restraint in eating and drinking.