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Undo revision 1887883 by Umbrum47 (talk) Google Translate is frequently ridiculously inaccurate. "Absol" is not a Latin word, although it comes from Latin roots.
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(Undo revision 1887883 by Umbrum47 (talk) Google Translate is frequently ridiculously inaccurate. "Absol" is not a Latin word, although it comes from Latin roots.)
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====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Absol may derive from 物騒 ''bussō'' (dangerous), or it may be a combination of ''ab-'' ("away from") and ''sol'' (Latin for ''sun''), referring to its {{type|Dark}} nature, or may also be a reference to a solar eclipse, as many cultures feared a solar eclipse was a sign of end-times or disaster. It may also be a shortening of ''absolution'' or ''absolve'', referring to the fact that while Absol foretells disasters, it does not cause them, thereby absolving it of guilt. The latin ''absol'' which is translated literately as acquittal, would also support that explanation. It may also derive from ''Absalom'', a name which is said to bring bad luck, according to Jewish tradition.
Absol may derive from 物騒 ''bussō'' (dangerous), or it may be a combination of ''ab-'' ("away from") and ''sol'' (Latin for ''sun''), referring to its {{type|Dark}} nature, or may also be a reference to a solar eclipse, as many cultures feared a solar eclipse was a sign of end-times or disaster. It may also be a shortening of ''absolution'' or ''absolve'', referring to the fact that while Absol foretells disasters, it does not cause them, thereby absolving it of guilt. It may also derive from ''Absalom'', a name which is said to bring bad luck, according to Jewish tradition.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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