English
absorbate
From absorb + -ate.
A compound of absorb + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip’
…
Latin sorbeō ‘suck in, swallow’
Latin absorbeō ‘swallow up’
Old French assorbir
Middle French absorber
English absorb
Today it means
noun Any substance that has been absorbed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / absorbate