Proto-Italic

*sorβeō

‘to suck in’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *sorβeō.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *sorβeō, most familiar first.

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

More words from *sorβeō

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *sorβeō