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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fro|absent]], a learned borrowing of Latin absēns, present participle of abesse, to be away,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from ab-, away, and esse, to be (see [[essence]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The verb is from Old French absenter, Late Latin absentāre, to cause to be away.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
+ It is [[bor|fro|absent]], a learned borrowing of [[la|absēns]], present participle of [[m|la|abesse]], to be away,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from ab-, away, and [[m|la|esse]], to be (see [[essence]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The verb is from [[fro|absenter]], [[la-lat|absentāre]], to cause to be away.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
==Earliest recorded meaning==