An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The absorption of a material by a medium or system after having been released from absorption by that same medium or system. → absorption; → desorption;
→ sorption.

Etymology (EN): Verbal noun of resorb, from L. resorbere, from → re- + sorbere “to swallow, suck up.”

Etymology (PE): Bâzšam, from bâz “again, back,” → re-,

• šam, variant of zšâm, as in âšâm, âšâmidan “to drink, to sip;” Av. šam- “to drink, sip, swallow;” Skt. cam, camati “to sip, dirink, lick up, absorb.”