Etymology

absolutise

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First used First attested in the mid 20th century.English absolute ← Middle English absolut ← Middle French absolut
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  1. Latinab
  2. Latinab-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  4. Latinse-
  5. Latinluō
  6. Latinsolvō
  7. Latinabsolvō
  8. Latinabsolūtus
  9. Middle Frenchabsolut
  10. Middle Englishabsolut
  11. Englishabsolute
  12. English todayabsolutise

From absolute + -ise.

First known use, by meaning

  • First attested in the mid 20th century. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of absolutize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.