myEtymology.com: English etymology of nonexistence

Etymology of the English word nonexistence

the English word nonexistence

derived from the English word existence

derived from the Latin word existentia (existence; that by which essence becomes actual)

derived from the Latin word exsistere (step out, come forth, emerge)

derived from the Latin word sistere (to set, thus placed in spaces or gaps; stop, check; cause to stand)

derived from the Latin word stare (to stand; stand, stand still, stand firm)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

using the English prefix non-