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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Latinmetricus
- English todayabsorptiometric
From absorption + -metric. First attested in the early 20ᵗʰ century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.