Where does “esistenzialismo” come from?
esistenzialismo (Italian) 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.
esistenzialismo (Italian): existentialism
Ancestry of “esistenzialismo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |