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Where does “absentare” come from?

absentare (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.

absentare (Latin): present active infinitive of absentō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of absentō;...

Ancestry of “absentare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabsentoI cause someone to be absent, I send away; I am...
2Latinabsēns—
3LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
4Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
5Latināb—
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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