Where does “absume” come from?

absume (English) comes from Latin absūmō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

absume (English): To consume gradually; to waste away

Definitions

  1. To consume gradually; to waste away

Ancestry of “absume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsūmōto diminish, take away, use up, consume, exhaust
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →