Etymology of the French word absorber
the Old French word
absorberderived from the Classical Latin word
absorbere (devour; overwhelm; swallow up; devour; swallow up; engulf)
using the Latin prefix
ab- (away; wrongly, badly)
derived from the Latin word
sorbere (drink, absorb)
derived from the Latin word
ab (away; away from)
Date
The earliest known usage of absorber in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
absorbant,
absorbé,
adsorber,
absorbeur,
absorbement,
absorbation,
absorbable,
réabsorberDerivations in other languages
English
absorb, Romanian
absorbiCognates
Dutch
absorberen, English
absorb, German
absorbieren, Latin
absorbere, Norwegian
absorbere, Swedish
absorberaUsage
Word found in Old French
