Where does “absorbente” come from?
absorbente (Tagalog) comes from Spanish absorbente, from Spanish 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.
absorbente (Tagalog): absorbent
Definitions
- absorbent
Ancestry of “absorbente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | absorbente | absorbent; absorbent, absorber |
| 2 | Spanish | absorber | to absorb; to use up |
| 3 | Latin | absorbeō | to swallow down, devour |
| 4 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |