English
absorbently
From absorbent + -ly.
A compound of absorbent + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’
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Proto-Italic *sorβeō ‘to suck in’
Latin sorbeō ‘to suck in, drink up’
Latin absorbeō ‘absorb’
Latin absorbēns ‘absorbing, submerging’
English absorbent
Today it means
adv In an absorbent manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / absorbently