absorptive

adjective

having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

Roots

abab- · Latin · away, from sorberesorpt- · Latin · to suck in, swallow ivus-ive · Latin · tending to

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The word absorptive breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: ab-, from Latin ab (“away, from”); sorpt, from Latin sorbere (“to suck in, swallow”); and -ive, from Latin ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.