Where does “absorbi” come from?
absorbi (Esperanto) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
absorbi (Esperanto): to absorb, engross
Ancestry of “absorbi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | absorb | To include so that it no longer has separate... |
| 2 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 3 | Latin | absorbeō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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