English

absentative

From absent + -ative.

Formed from absent + -ative

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

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Latin sum ‘to be, exist’

Latin absum ‘to be away from’

Latin absēns ‘absent, missing, away, away from, distant,…’

Middle English absent

Today it means

noun A form of a noun or pronoun indicating that its referent is absent or dead.

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Etymograph / absentative