Where does “existentialisme” come from?

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

existentialisme (French): existentialism

Definitions

existentialism

Ancestry of “existentialisme”, step by step

existentialisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French existence

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	existence	existence; life
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	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17	Old High German	kuti	—
18	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
19	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin

via French existentiel

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	existentiel	existential
2	Late Latin	exsistentialis	—

Words derived from “existentialisme”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →