Etymology

preabsorption

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Today it means: absorption prior to some other process Full definition →

English absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  11. Proto-Italic*ap
  12. Latinab
  13. Latinab-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  17. Latinsorbeō
  18. Latinabsorbeō
  19. Latinabsorptiō
  20. Englishabsorption
  21. English todaypreabsorption

From pre- + absorption.

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