abscond

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
3. Proto-Italic*ap
4. Latinab
5. Latinabs-
6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
8. Proto-Italic*kom
9. Proto-Italic*kom-
10. Latincon-
11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
13. Latincondō
14. Latinabscondō
15. Middle Frenchabscondre
16. Latinabscondō
17. English todayabscond

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). * Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

First known use, by meaning

• From mid 16th century. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
• From mid 16th century. To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
• From mid 16th century. To abandon a hive.
• First attested in the late 16ᵗʰ century. To conceal; to take away.