Where does “postabsorptive” come from?

postabsorptive (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.

postabsorptive (English): Following absorption of nutrients from the...

Definitions

  1. Following absorption of nutrients from the...

Ancestry of “postabsorptive”, step by step

postabsorptive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English absorptive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabsorptiveHaving power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or...
2EnglishabsorbTo include so that it no longer has separate...
3Middle Frenchabsorber—
4Latinabsorbeōto swallow down, devour
5LatinsorbeoI suck in, drink up
6Proto-Italicsorβeōto suck in
7Proto-Indo-Europeansrobʰéyetito be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via English post

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpostA long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;...
2Middle Frenchposte—
3Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
4Italianpostoplace, spot
5Latinpositusplaced; ordained
6Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
7Proto-Italicpoznō—
8Proto-Italicpozinō—
9Proto-Italicsinō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srobʰéyeti →