Where does “adsorb” come from?
Adsorb comes from French adsorber, formed from Latin ad- "to" and Latin ad combined with a root from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- meaning "to flow or seep."
adsorb (English): To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption
Definitions
- To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption
Ancestry of “adsorb”, step by step
adsorb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French adsorber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | adsorber | to adsorb |
| 2 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Latin sorbēre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sorbēre | — |