absceso

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin abs-

Latin cēdō

Latin abscēdō

Latin abscessuslbor.

French abcèsbor.

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Latin abscessusder.

English abscessbor.

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Latin abscessusder.

Russian абсце́сс (abscéss)bor.

Esperanto absceso

Borrowed from French abcès, English abscess, Russian абсце́сс (abscéss), from Latin abscessus. Compare Ido abceso and Interlingua abscesso. First attested in 1889.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈt͡seso/

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• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: abs‧ce‧so

Noun

absceso (accusative singular absceson, plural abscesoj, accusative plural abscesojn)

1. (pathology) abscess

Further reading

• absceso on the Esperanto Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^eo
• absces' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905
• “absceso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “absceso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin abs-

Latin cēdō

Latin abscēdō

Latin abscessusbor.

Spanish absceso

Borrowed from Latin abscessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈθeso/ [aβ̞sˈθe.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abˈseso/ [aβ̞ˈse.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: abs‧ce‧so

Noun

absceso m (plural abscesos)

1. (pathology) abscess

Descendants

• → Tagalog: abseso

Further reading

• “absceso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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