Where does “absenteism” come from?
absenteism (English) comes from English absentee, from English absent, from Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-.
Ancestry of “absenteism”, step by step
absenteism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English absentee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absentee | A person who is absent from his or her... |
| 2 | English | absent | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place;... |
| 3 | Middle English | absent | — |
| 4 | Middle French | absent | — |
| 5 | Old French | ausent | — |
| 6 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 7 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 8 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 9 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |