French

Where the Romanian word “absență” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Din fr. absence, lat. absentia. → French · DEX '98

In film dialogue

8.6 times per million words · number 4,466 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

30 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
0.0	4.6	6.9	8.0	29

Swap in a synonym

lipsă (Made in Romanian), distracție (French), indiferență (French), inexistență (French), neatenție (Made in Romanian), dezinteres (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local