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Where does “abesse” come from?

abesse (Latin) comes from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abesse (Latin): present active infinitive of absum; to be absent

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of absum; to be absent

Ancestry of “abesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latināb—
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abesse”

  • abessive
  • абессивный
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