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