Where does “егзистенцијализам” come from?
егзистенцијализам (Serbo-Croatian) 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.
егзистенцијализам (Serbo-Croatian): existentialism
Ancestry of “егзистенцијализам”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 |