The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stísteh₂ti
- Latin · derived fromexistō, exsistō“I am, I exist, appear, arise”
- French · derived fromexister
- English todayexist
From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”); see stand. Compare assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. Cognate with Spanish existir, French exister, Italian esistere, German existieren.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.