Etymology

absentia

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Today it means: absence Full definition →

Latin absentia
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromabsentia“being away, absence”
  2. English todayabsentia

From Latin absentia (“being away, absence”), from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“to be away or absent”); compare absent.

Words from the same roots

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