Etymograph

English

absential

Absential may come from Latin absentiālis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsentiālisuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012absential

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsentiālisuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012absential

Earliest quotation: 2012, C. Goekoop, Springer Science & Business Media: “P denotes absential particular qualification, i.e. the particular qualification…”

The story

In form apparently from rare Latin absentiālis; as if from absence + -ial with the ending changed as in other pairs like essence, essential.

Every English word from Latin absentiālis

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to absence or to that which is absent.

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Etymograph / Latin absentiālis / absential

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