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Where does “absenter” come from?

absenter (French) comes from French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

absenter (French): to leave; to absent oneself

Definitions

  1. to leave; to absent oneself

Ancestry of “absenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabsentabsent; absent-minded; absentee; missing person
2Old Frenchausent—
3Latinabsēns—
4LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
5Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6Latināb—
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “absenter”

  • absenta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →