Etymology

malabsorption

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Today it means: The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. Full definition →

English absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
  3. Proto-Italic*malos
  4. Latinmalus
  5. Latinmale
  6. Old Frenchmal-
  7. Englishmal-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  10. Proto-Italic*ap
  11. Latinab
  12. Latinab-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  15. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  16. Latinsorbeō
  17. Latinabsorbeō
  18. Latinabsorptiō
  19. Englishabsorption
  20. English todaymalabsorption

From mal- + absorption.

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