absorbancy

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

Old French -ancebor.

Middle English -aunce

English -ance

English absorbance

English -y

English absorbancy

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/

absorbancy (plural absorbancies)

(physics) Alternative form of absorbency^[1][First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbancy”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.