preexistence

English

Alternative forms

• præ-existence, præexistence, præ-existency, præexistency, pre-existency, preexistency (obsolete)
• pre-existence
• preëxistence (uncommon)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English existence

English preexistence

From pre- + existence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

preexistence (countable and uncountable, plural preexistences)

1. The condition of having existed prior to the current time.
2. The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment.

Related terms

• preexist
• preexistent
• preexistentism
• preexisting

Translations

condition of having existed prior

• Catalan: preexistència f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} antaŭ'ekzisto (eo)
• French: préexistence (fr) f
• Italian: preesistenza f
• Portuguese: pré-existência f
• Spanish: preexistencia (es) f