Where does “absistence” come from?
absistence (English) comes from English absist, from Latin absistō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
absistence (English): A standing aloof
Ancestry of “absistence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | absist | To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist |
| 2 | Latin | absistō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |