Where does “eksistenssikvanttori” come from?
eksistenssikvanttori (Finnish) comes from German Existenzquantor, from German Existenz, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex — whale, sea monster; abyss.
eksistenssikvanttori (Finnish): existential quantifier
Definitions
- existential quantifier
Ancestry of “eksistenssikvanttori”, step by step
eksistenssikvanttori traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Existenzquantor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Existenzquantor | existential quantifier |
| 2 | German | Existenz | existence |
| 3 | Old French | existence | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | existentia | existence |
| 5 | Latin | existens | Alternative form of exsistens |
| 6 | Latin | existere | present active infinitive of existō |
| 7 | Latin | existo | Alternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come... |
| 8 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Finnish eksistenssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eksistenssi | existence |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | existentia | existence |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish kvanttori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kvanttori | quantifier |