Etymology

absential

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to absence or to that which is absent. Full definition →

Latin absentiālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromabsentiālis
  2. English todayabsential

In form apparently from rare Latin absentiālis; as if from absence + -ial with the ending changed as in other pairs like essence, essential.

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