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Where does “haecceitist” come from?

haecceitist (English) comes from English haecceitism, from English haecceity, from Medieval Latin haecceitas, from Latin haec, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

haecceitist (English): One who subscribes to haecceitism

Definitions

  1. One who subscribes to haecceitism

Ancestry of “haecceitist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhaecceitismThe view that entities possess haecceity
2EnglishhaecceityThe essence of a particular thing that gives it...
3Medieval Latinhaecceitasthisness; The essence of a particular thing;...
4Latinhaecnominative feminine singular of hic; nominative...
5Latinhicthis; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these...
6Proto-Italichek(e)—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt—
10Germankitt—
11Old High Germankuti—
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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