The story
- Latin · borrowed fromabsentia“absence”
- English todayabsentia epileptica
Borrowed from Latin absentia (“absence”).
Words from the same roots
Latinabsentia all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
absentia epileptica
Today it means: A momentary lapse of consciousness; a minor epileptic seizure. Full definition →
Latin absentia