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entity
Entity comes from Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns ‘being’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be, exist’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500ēns‘being’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500entitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1936entity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be, exist’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500ēns‘being’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500entitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1936entity
Earliest quotation: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art: “[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
be, been, build, physical, bond, bush, bound, physician, booth, contribution, favorable, distribute, probability, fiat, bun, contributor, favourable, bouquet, imp, retribution, attribution, rebuke, bower, beamer, bosque, aren, physic, phylum, phylogeny, approbation, boor, bist, futur, 73 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt ‘to become’
power, possible, bondage, impossibility, impotent, busk, 10 more
through Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌
through Old Latin esum
represent, presentation, absentee, absentia, 6 more
through Latin sum ‘to be, exist’
future, improve, proud, present, presence, pride, absence, approve, essential, absent, prowess, prude, prow, 13 more
through Medieval Latin ēns ‘being’
Today it means
noun That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / entity