Where does “coëxist” come from?
coëxist (English) comes from English exist, from French exister, from Spanish existir, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coëxist (English): Alternative spelling of coexist
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of coexist
Ancestry of “coëxist”, step by step
coëxist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exist | to be; have existence; have being or reality |
| 2 | French | exister | to exist |
| 3 | Spanish | existir | to exist |
| 4 | Latin | existere | present active infinitive of existō |
| 5 | Latin | existo | Alternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English co
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | co | Clipping of company; they; them |
| 2 | English | company | A team; a group of people who work together... |
| 3 | Middle English | companye | A company, band, small group, or team of people;... |
| 4 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 5 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 6 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Latin | quom | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóm | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |