英文词源
- existence (n.)
- late 14c., "reality," from Old French existence, from Medieval Latin existentia/exsistentia, from existentem/exsistentem (nominative existens/exsistens) "existent," present participle of Latin existere/exsistere "stand forth, come out, emerge; appear, be visible, come to light; arise, be produced; turn into," and, as a secondary meaning, "exist, be;" from ex- "forth" (see ex-) + sistere "cause to stand" (see assist).
中文词源
来自exist, 存在。
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词根词缀: ex-出 + -sist-站立(第一个s省略) + -ence名词词尾 → 站出 → 显现出来