essence English · revision 13323

− It is Middle English essencia, essencie, [[bor|la|essentia|t=being, essence]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) respelled essence in the late 15th century on the French model (Old French essence),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) an abstract noun formed to translate Greek [[m|grc|οὐσία|tr=ousía|t=being]] from essent-, a present participle stem of esse, to be,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *es-, to be (see [[is]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)