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Where does “absum” come from?

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

absum (Latin): I am away, I am absent, I am distant

Definitions

  1. I am away, I am absent, I am distant

Ancestry of “absum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
2Latināb—
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “absum”

  • absence
  • abessive
  • absentation
  • pseudoabsence
  • nonabsence
  • in absentia
  • absentia epileptica
  • absentia
  • absentare
  • absento
  • aberant
  • absentia
  • absis
  • afuturus
  • absens
  • abesse
  • absentans
  • absentaturus
  • absentatus
  • absentandus
  • absenter
  • absint
  • absenta
  • ausente
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