English

absentment

From absent + -ment.

A compound of absent + -ment

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 The state of being absent; withdrawal

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / absentment