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Where does “persorbeo” come from?

persorbeo (Latin) comes from Latin sorbeo, from Proto-Italic sorβeō, from Proto-Indo-European srobʰéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

persorbeo (Latin): I suck or drink up, absorb

Definitions

  1. I suck or drink up, absorb

Ancestry of “persorbeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsorbeoI suck in, drink up
2Proto-Italicsorβeōto suck in
3Proto-Indo-Europeansrobʰéyetito be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “persorbeo”

  • persorptus
  • persorbendus
  • persorbens
  • persorpturus
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