Latin

sorbeō

‘to suck in, to drink down, to swallow up, to absorb’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sorbeō.

27 English words in this record descend from Latin sorbeō, most familiar first.

• absorb ← absorber ← assorbir ← absorbeō
• absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō
• absorbent ← absorbēns ← absorbeō
• sorption
• malabsorption ← absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō
• reabsorption ← absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō
• absorptive ← absorb ← absorber ← assorbir ← absorbeō
• adsorb ← adsorber
• sorb
• resorb ← resorbere
• absorpt ← absorptus ← absorbeō
• absorptance ← absorption ← absorptiō ← absorbeō

More words from sorbeō

• absorptional
• absorptionist
• absorptionism
• bioabsorption
• chemosorb
• hyperabsorption
• interabsorption
• isoabsorption
• nonabsorption
• overabsorption
• photoabsorption
• phonoabsorption
• preabsorption
• sorbile
• sorbefacient

Etymograph / Latin sorbeō