The story
- Latin · derived fromsorbeō“to suck in”
- English todaysorption
Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“to suck in”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsorbeō all →
sorb
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sorption
Today it means: Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing. Full definition →
Latin sorbeō