essens
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- essence extract, concentrate
- essence intrinsic nature, main content, in philosophy
Etymology
Derived from French essence (petrol, gasoline) derived from Latin essentia (essence, being, the being essence of a thing).
Origin
Latin
essentia
Gloss
essence, being, the being essence of a thing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- essence English
- essentia Latin
- essentialis Latin
- essentiālis Latin
- essence French
- esencia Spanish, Castilian
- οὐσία Ancient Greek
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- essens Swedish
- essens Norwegian Nynorsk
- essens Danish
- esencija Serbo-Croatian
- есенција Serbo-Croatian
- esență Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aiste Old Irish
- xăng Vietnamese
- esséncia Occitan
- សាំង Central Khmer
- esaans Wolof