Where does “self-existence” come from?
self-existence (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...
self-existence (English): inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue...
Definitions
- inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue...
Ancestry of “self-existence”, step by step
self-existence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English existence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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... |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |