Etymology

omnipresence

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Today it means: The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God). Full definition →

English presence ← Latin omnis ← Proto-Italic *opnis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*opnis
  3. Latinomnis
  4. Englishomni-
  5. Englishpresence
  6. English todayomnipresence

From omni- + presence.

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