Where does “nonabsence” come from?
nonabsence (English) comes from English absence, from Middle English absence, from Old French absence, from Latin absentia, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb.
nonabsence (English): Failure to be absent, i.e. presence
Definitions
- Failure to be absent, i.e. presence
Ancestry of “nonabsence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | absence | A state of being away or withdrawn from a place... |
| 2 | Middle English | absence | Being away or elsewhere; absence; Nonattendance... |
| 3 | Old French | absence | — |
| 4 | Latin | absentia | absence |
| 5 | Latin | absēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 7 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 8 | Latin | āb | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |