Where does “ausent” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ausent”, 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 “ausent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from Latin āb