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Where does “absorbit” come from?

absorbit (Romanian) comes from Romanian absorbi, from French absorber, from Latin absorbeō, 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.

absorbit (Romanian): absorbed; preoccupied, absent; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. absorbed; preoccupied, absent; past participle of...

Ancestry of “absorbit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianabsorbito absorb
2Frenchabsorberto absorb
3Latinabsorbeō—
4LatinsorbeoI suck in, drink up
5Proto-Italicsorβeōto suck in
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrobʰéyetito be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck
7Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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