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Where does “inexistence” come from?

inexistence (English) comes from English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

inexistence (English): The state of not being, not existing, or not...

Definitions

  1. The state of not being, not existing, or not...

Ancestry of “inexistence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexistenceThe state of being, existing, or occurring;...
2Old Frenchexistence—
3Late Latinexistentiaexistence
4LatinexistensAlternative form of exsistens
5Latinexisterepresent active infinitive of existō
6LatinexistoAlternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come...
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicō—
9Latincommūnis—
10Old Latincom(m)oinis—
11Proto-Italickommoinis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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