absence
Middle English
/abˈsɛns(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Being away or elsewhere; absence.
- Nonattendance or nonexistence; failure to appear.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French absence derived from Latin absentia (absence, being away).
Origin
Latin
absentia
Gloss
absence, being away
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- absence English
- absentia English
- absentia epileptica English
- nonabsence English
- omniabsence English
- pseudoabsence English
- absentia Latin
- absēns Latin
- assenza Italian
- absence French
- ausencia Spanish, Castilian
- absence Old French
- absència Catalan, Valencian
- ausencia Galician
- abséncia Occitan
- ausencia Asturian
- cence Friulian
- sensa Venetian
- siansa Dalmatian
- sensa Istriot