Where does “absint” come from?

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

absint (Latin): third-person plural present active subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “absint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabsumI am away, I am absent, I am distant
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →