ラテン語のabsentem, absent, abesse, absent, leaveの現在分詞、ab-, leave, esse, in, presenceから、語源はis, essence, presentと同じ。
英語の語源
absent
absent: [14] Absent is based ultimately on the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse. To this was added the prefix ab- ‘away’, giving Latin abesse ‘be away’; and the present participial stem of abesse was absent-. Hence, via Old French, the adjective absent and the noun absence. It has been conjectured, incidentally, that the present stem used for Latin esse was a descendant of Indo-European *sontos ‘truth’, from which English sooth comes.
absent (adj.)
late 14c., from Middle French absent (Old French ausent), from Latin absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse "be away from, be absent" (see absence). Related: Absently; absentness.
absent (v.)
"to keep away" (from), c. 1400, from Middle French absenter, from Late Latin absentare "cause to be away," from Latin absentem (see absent (adj.)). Related: Absented; absenting.
absent (prep.)
"in the absence of," 1944, principally from U.S. legal use, from absent (v.).
例文
1. Carol was absent -minded and a little slow on the uptake.
キャロルは上の空で、反応が少し鈍い。
2.You will have to put up with Grace 's absent -mindedness.
グレースの上の空に耐える必要があります。
3.I often do absent -minded things，particularly when I 'm worried.
私はよくぼんやりしたことをしています。特に私が不安になっているとき。
4.Jo was absent from the house all the next day.
ジョーは翌日一日中家にいなかった。
5. Absent a solution，people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.