Where does “essentialis” come from?
essentialis (Late Latin) comes from Latin essentia, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.
essentialis (Late Latin): essential; genitive singular of essentiāle
Definitions
- essential; genitive singular of essentiāle
Ancestry of “essentialis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | essentia | essence, being |
| 2 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
Words derived from “essentialis”
- essential
- essentially
- essentialist
- essentialism
- nonessential
- unessential
- inessential
- essentiality
- essentialize
- essentialization
- superessential
- antiessentialist
- nonessentialist
- essentialness
- antiessentialism
- coessential
- unessentially
- inessentially
- coessentiality
- nonessentialism
- nonessentiality
- superessentially
- bioessential
- coessentially