Where does “eksistentialismi” come from?

eksistentialismi (Finnish) comes from French existentialisme, from French existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex — whale, sea monster; abyss.

eksistentialismi (Finnish): existentialism

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existentialism

Ancestry of “eksistentialismi”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	existentialisme	existentialism
2	French	existence	existence; life
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

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