English
hydroabsorbent
From hydro- + absorbent.
A compound of hydro- + absorbent
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’
Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’
English hydro-
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
adj That absorbs water
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hydroabsorbent