Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. · An absentee; a person who is not there.
adj
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing. · Not existing. · Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn the absence of; without; except.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
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