English
absenteism
From absentee + -ism.
Formed from absentee + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
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Latin absum ‘to be away, to be absent, to be distant’
Latin absēns ‘absent, missing, away, away from, distant,…’
Middle English absent
English absent
English absentee
Today it means
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Etymograph / absenteism