Etymograph

English

absit

Absit comes from Latin absit ‘let (him or her) be absent’, from sum ‘to be’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
  5. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsum‘be absent’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsit‘let (him or her) be absent’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
  5. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsum‘be absent’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsit‘let (him or her) be absent’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1868same form

Earliest quotation: 1868, George Charles L. Tottenham, Charlie Villars at Cambridge: “In the evening, after some difficulty, he persuaded his…”

Linked words

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

be, been, build, physical, bond, bush, bound, contribution, booth, physician, distribute, contributor, probability, favorable, fiat, bun, bouquet, retribution, attribution, favourable, imp, rebuke, bower, aren, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, phylum, approbation, physic, boor, bist, futur, 72 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt ‘to become’

power, possible, bondage, impotent, impossibility, busk, 9 more

through Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌

representation, 4 more

through Old Latin esum

represent, presentation, 5 more

through Latin sum ‘to be’

future, present, improve, proud, presence, essential, pride, approve, entity, prowess, absentee, prude, prow, absentia, 10 more

through Latin absum ‘be absent’

absence, absent, 3 more

Another origin of absit

  1. Amharicmodernአብሲትʾäbsit‘proofing dough’
  2. Englishtodayabsit

Today it means

noun Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / absit

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