Where does “Existenzangst” come from?
Existenzangst (German) comes from German Existenz, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia, from Latin existens, from Latin existere, from Latin existo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
Existenzangst (German): existential angst
Definitions
- existential angst
Ancestry of “Existenzangst”, step by step
Existenzangst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Existenz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Existenz | existence |
| 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 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via German Angst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Angst | fear; fright; anxiety |
| 2 | Middle High German | angest | — |
| 3 | Old High German | angust | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | angustiz | narrowness, tightness; fear, anxiety |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anguz | narrow, tight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |