Where does “Absence” come from?
Absence (German) comes from French absence, from Latin absentia, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Absence (German): absence; absent-mindedness
Definitions
- absence; absent-mindedness
Ancestry of “Absence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | absence | absence (state of being absent or withdrawn) |
| 2 | Latin | absentia | absence |
| 3 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 4 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |