nonabsorptive

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What does nonabsorptive mean?

Not absorptive

Where does nonabsorptive come from?

Etymology tree English non- Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive English nonabsorptive From non- + absorptive.

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