subsistence
/səbˈsɪstəns/suhb-SIH-stuhns
/səbˈsɪstəns/suhb-SIH-stuhns
Meaningthe state of subsisting
Common meaning: staying alive on little
- subunder; from below
- sistto cause to stand, setLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1711 · scan
- encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘under’ + ‘to cause to stand, set’ → subsistence
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from subsist + -ence.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUBSIST, p.607 · scan
Roots
- sistō, stitī Latin “to cause to stand, set”
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