Middle English word absence comes from Latin fui, Latin ab, and later Latin absum (I am away, I am absent, I am distant.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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fui | Latin (lat) | |
ab | Latin (lat) | (source of action or event) by, of. (time) after, since. At, on, in. From, away from, out of. |
absum | Latin (lat) | I am away, I am absent, I am distant. |
absentem | Latin (lat) | |
absentia | Latin (lat) | Absence. |
absent | Old French (fro) | |
absence | Middle English (enm) | Absence. |