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,...
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- The condition of a sign which has an empty,...
Ancestry of “absent referent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | absent | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place;...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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |