Where does “absentation” come from?
absentation (English) comes from Medieval Latin absentatio, from Latin absento, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
absentation (English): The act of absenting oneself
Definitions
- The act of absenting oneself
Ancestry of “absentation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | absentatio | — |
| 2 | Latin | absento | I cause someone to be absent, I send away; I am... |
| 3 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 4 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |