Etymology

entitative

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Today it means: Considered as pure entity, abstracted from all attendant circumstances. Full definition →

English entity ← Medieval Latin entitās ← Latin ēns
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  5. Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
  6. Old Latinesum
  7. Latinsumbf.
  8. Latinēns
  9. Medieval Latinentitās
  10. Englishentity
  11. English todayentitative

From entity + -ative.

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