abscess
/ˈæbˌses/AB-ses
/ˈæbˌsɛs/AB-ses
Meaninga going away
Common meaning: a swollen pocket of pus in the body
- absaway, off (form of ab-)
- cessto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
‘away, off (form of ab-)’ + ‘to go, move away’ → abscess
Journey through time
- Latinabscessus‘a going away’source
- Englishabscess‘a swollen pocket of pus in the body’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin cēdō ‘to go, move away’.
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
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