Where does “nonabsentative” come from?
nonabsentative (English) comes from English absentative, from English absent, from Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-.
nonabsentative (English): Not being or relating to the absentative; indicating the presence of something
Definitions
- Not being or relating to the absentative; indicating the presence of something
Ancestry of “nonabsentative”, step by step
nonabsentative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English absentative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absentative | A form of a noun or pronoun indicating that its referent is absent or dead |
| 2 | English | absent | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place;... |
| 3 | Middle English | absent | — |
| 4 | Middle French | absent | — |
| 5 | Old French | ausent | — |
| 6 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 7 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 8 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 9 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |