Where does “absent” come from?

absent (Catalan) comes from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

absent (Catalan): absent

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	absēns	absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away
2	Latin	absum	I am away, I am absent, I am distant
3	Latin	ab-	from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4	Latin	āb	from, away from, out of
5	Proto-Germanic	*ab	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	apó	—