Etymology

self-absorption

Today it means: Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. Full definition →

English absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  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 todayself-absorption

From self- + absorption.

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