'non-adsorbable' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'adsorbable', which comes from 'adsorb', derived from the Latin 'adsorbere', where 'ad-' meant 'toward' and 'sorbere' meant 'to suck in'.

'adsorbere' transformed into the French word 'adsorber', and eventually became the modern English word 'adsorb' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to suck in or adhere to a surface', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'capable of being adsorbed'.