English
abstersion
Abstersion may come from Middle English abstersioun.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abstersioununcertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1814abstersion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abstersioununcertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1814abstersion
Earliest quotation: 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or: “Waverley ... was offered the patriarchal refreshment of a…”
Every English word from Middle English abstersioun
Today it means
noun Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English abstersioun / abstersion