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Where does “postexistent” come from?

postexistent (English) comes from English existent, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

postexistent (English): existing or living afterward

Definitions

  1. existing or living afterward

Ancestry of “postexistent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexistentexisting; having life or being, current;...
2LatinexistensAlternative form of exsistens
3Latinexisterepresent active infinitive of existō
4LatinexistoAlternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come...
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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