Where does “absentare” come from?
absentare (Romanian) comes from Romanian absență, from French absenter, from French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb.
absentare (Romanian): absence
Definitions
- absence
Ancestry of “absentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | absență | absence |
| 2 | French | absenter | to leave; to absent oneself |
| 3 | French | absent | absent; absent-minded; absentee; missing person |
| 4 | Old French | ausent | — |
| 5 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 6 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 7 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 8 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |