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Where does “nonbioabsorbable” come from?

nonbioabsorbable (English) comes from English bioabsorbable, from English absorbable, from English absorb, from Middle French absorber, from Latin absorbeō, from Latin sorbeo, from Proto-Italic sorβeō, from Proto-Indo-European srobʰéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

nonbioabsorbable (English): Not bioabsorbable

Definitions

  1. Not bioabsorbable

Ancestry of “nonbioabsorbable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbioabsorbableThat can be absorbed through bioabsorption
2EnglishabsorbableCapable of being absorbed or swallowed up
3EnglishabsorbTo include so that it no longer has separate...
4Middle Frenchabsorber—
5Latinabsorbeō—
6LatinsorbeoI suck in, drink up
7Proto-Italicsorβeōto suck in
8Proto-Indo-Europeansrobʰéyetito be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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