Where does “absent referent” come from?
absent referent (English) comes from English absent, from Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb.
absent referent (English): The condition of a sign which has an empty,...
Definitions
- The condition of a sign which has an empty,...
Ancestry of “absent referent”, step by step
absent referent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English absent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absent | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place;... |
| 2 | Middle English | absent | — |
| 3 | Middle French | absent | — |
| 4 | Old French | ausent | — |
| 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 | — |
via English referent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | referent | The specific entity in the world that a word or... |
| 2 | English | refer | To direct the attention of; To submit to for... |
| 3 | Middle English | referren | — |
| 4 | Old French | referer | to tell; to talk about; to speak of |
| 5 | Latin | referre | present active infinitive of referō; to refer |
| 6 | Latin | ferre | present active infinitive of ferō; bring; carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |