Where does “absenta” come from?
absenta (Latin) comes from Latin absento, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
absenta (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “absenta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | absento | I cause someone to be absent, I send away; I am... |
| 2 | Latin | absēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |