English
absorptiometric
From absorption + -metric.
Formed from absorption + -metric
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 absorptiō ‘a sucking in’
English absorption
first attested First attested in the early 20ᵗʰ century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the early 20ᵗʰ century.
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / absorptiometric