Where does “malabsorptive” come from?
malabsorptive (English) comes from English absorptive, from English absorb, from Middle French absorber, from Latin absorbeō, from Latin sorbeo, from Proto-Italic sorβeō, from Proto-Indo-European srobʰéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
malabsorptive (English): Relating to, or exhibiting, malabsorption
Definitions
- Relating to, or exhibiting, malabsorption
Ancestry of “malabsorptive”, step by step
malabsorptive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English absorptive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absorptive | Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or... |
| 2 | English | absorb | To include so that it no longer has separate... |
| 3 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 4 | Latin | absorbeō | to swallow down, devour |
| 5 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mal | illness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus |
| 2 | French | mal | trouble, difficulty; pain; evil |
| 3 | Old French | mal | evilly; badly; poorly; evil |
| 4 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |