Where does “absorbable” come from?
Absorbable derives from English absorb, from Middle French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, combining the prefix ab- with Latin srebʰ-, meaning to drink or sip.
absorbable (English): Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up
Definitions
- Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up
Ancestry of “absorbable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | absorb | To include so that it no longer has separate... |
| 2 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 3 | Latin | absorbeō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “absorbable”