English
abessive
Abessive comes from Latin abesse ‘to be absent’, and goes back to sum ‘be’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘be’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabesse‘to be absent’
- Englishtodayabessive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘be’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabesse‘to be absent’
- Englishtodayabessive
Linked words
through Latin sum ‘be’
future, present, proud, improve, presence, pride, essential, absence, entity, approve, absent, prowess, prude, prow, 12 more
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sum / abessive