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Where does “абсолюти́зм” come from?

абсолюти́зм (Russian) comes from French absolutisme, from French absolu, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus, from Latin absolvō, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

Ancestry of “абсолюти́зм”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabsolutismeabsolutism
2Frenchabsoluabsolute
3Middle Frenchabsolut—
4Latinabsolūtus—
5Latinabsolvō—
6LatinsolvoI loosen, untie, undo; free , release, acquit,...
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “абсолюти́зм”

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