English
absentaneous
Absentaneous comes from Late Latin absentaneus.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEabsentaneus
- Englishearliest quotation 1988absentaneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEabsentaneus
- Englishearliest quotation 1988absentaneous
Earliest quotation: 1988, The Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 17: “The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate…”
Every English word from Late Latin absentaneus
Today it means
adj Pertaining to absence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin absentaneus / absentaneous