English

absentness

From absent + -ness.

A compound of absent + -ness

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 quality of being absent-minded.

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

Etymograph / absentness