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Where does “unexisting” come from?

unexisting (English) comes from English existing, from English exist, from French exister, from Spanish existir, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

unexisting (English): Not in existence

Definitions

  1. Not in existence

Ancestry of “unexisting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexistingpresent participle of exist; That exists, or has...
2Englishexistto be; have existence; have being or reality
3Frenchexisterto exist
4Spanishexistirto exist
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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