Where does “absennau” come from?
absennau (Welsh) comes from Malay absen, from English absent, from Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-.
Ancestry of “absennau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | absen | To be absent |
| 2 | English | absent | Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place;... |
| 3 | Middle English | absent | — |
| 4 | Middle French | absent | — |
| 5 | Old French | ausent | — |
| 6 | Latin | absēns | absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away |
| 7 | Latin | absum | I am away, I am absent, I am distant |
| 8 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 9 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |