Where does “absentia” come from?

absentia (English) comes from Latin absentia, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

absentia (English): absence

Definitions

  1. absence

Ancestry of “absentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsentiaabsence
2Latinabsēnsabsent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away
3LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latinābfrom, away from, out of
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →