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- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- 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
- English todayinterabsorption
From inter- + absorption.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.