Where does “existence” come from?

existence (French) comes from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin.

existence (French): existence; life

Definitions

existence; life

Ancestry of “existence”, step by step

existence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French existence

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	existence	—
2	Late Latin	existentia	existence
3	Latin	existens	Alternative form of exsistens
4	Latin	existere	present active infinitive of existō
5	Latin	existo	Alternative form of exsistō; to stand forth, come...
6	Latin	ex	A name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7	Latin	commūnicō	to impart, share
8	Latin	commūnis	common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9	Old Latin	com(m)oinis	—
10	Proto-Italic	kommoinis	common
11	Proto-Indo-European	ḱom-moy-ni-	held in common
12	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
13	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14	Middle English	kyt	—
15	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16	Old High German	kuti	—
17	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
18	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin

via Latin existentia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	existentia	existence
2	Latin	-ia	Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
5	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “existence”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →