Etymograph

English

absorptivity

From absorptive + -ity.

A compound of absorptive + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’

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Latin absorbeō ‘to absorb, submerge’

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorber

English absorb

English absorptive

Today it means

noun The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.

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

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