Etymology

nonabsorption

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Today it means: The absence of absorption Full definition →

English absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  16. Proto-Italic*ap
  17. Latinab
  18. Latinab-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  21. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  22. Latinsorbeō
  23. Latinabsorbeō
  24. Latinabsorptiō
  25. Englishabsorption
  26. English todaynonabsorption

From non- + absorption.

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