essentia.
essence, substance, being, actuality, essential thing; existing entity, whole;
Meaning & usage
essence, being
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia From *essēns (hypothetical present participle of sum (“to be”)) + -ia, by analogy with the present infinitive esse, and other derivations from the same root, such as absentia (from absum) and praesentia (from praesum); coined by Cicero to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), which is its exact cognate. Literally, “beingness”.
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