abstersion

The story

1. Latin · derived fromabstersus
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromabstertion
3. Middle English · inherited fromabstersioun
4. English todayabstersion

From Middle English abstersioun, from either Old French or Medieval Latin abstertion, from Latin abstersus, past participle of abstergēo (“to wipe off or away”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• First attested around 1350 to 1470. Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.