Where does “eżista” come from?

eżista (Maltese) comes from Italian esistere, from Latin exsistō, from Latin sistō, from Proto-Italic sistō, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

eżista (Maltese): to exist

Definitions

  1. to exist

Ancestry of “eżista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianesistereto exist, be
2Latinexsistōto be, exist
3Latinsistōto cause to stand; to set; to place
4Proto-Italicsistōstand; place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic sistō →