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
- The state of not being, not existing, or not...
Ancestry of “inexistence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | existence | The state of being, existing, or occurring;... |
| 2 | Old French | existence | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | existentia | existence |
| 4 | Latin | existens | Alternative form of exsistens |
| 5 | Latin | existere | present active infinitive of existō |
| 6 | Latin | existo | Alternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come... |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |