Where does “absement” come from?
absement (English) comes from English displacement, from French déplacement, from French déplacer, from French dé-, from Middle French dés-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
absement (English): A measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement
Definitions
- A measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement
Ancestry of “absement”, step by step
absement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English displacement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | displacement | The act of displacing, or the state of being... |
| 2 | French | déplacement | trip, journey; movement; a move |
| 3 | French | déplacer | to move; To go around, to move about; To come... |
| 4 | French | dé- | used to make antonyms |
| 5 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English absence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absence | A state of being away or withdrawn from a place... |
| 2 | Middle English | absence | Being away or elsewhere; absence; Nonattendance... |
| 3 | Old French | absence | — |
| 4 | Latin | absentia | absence |
| 5 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 6 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 7 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 8 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |