Where does “absentia” come from?

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

absentia (Latin): absence

Definitions

  1. absence

Ancestry of “absentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsēnsabsent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away
2LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “absentia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →