Etymology

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Ancient Greek ὄντος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὄντος
  2. English todayonto-

From Ancient Greek ὄντος (óntos), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”).

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