Where does “postexist” come from?
postexist (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 — whale, sea monster; abyss.
postexist (English): To exist after; to live subsequently
Definitions
- To exist after; to live subsequently
Ancestry of “postexist”, step by step
postexist 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 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |