Ont
/ɒnt/noun
A philosophical term for an entity or being.
Did you know?“Ont” comes from the same ancient Greek root behind ontology, the study of what it means to exist at all.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁es-
“To be or exist”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ὄν (on), ὄντος (ontos)
“Being; that which exists”
17th Century
New Latin
ontologia
“The philosophical study of being or existence”
19th–20th Century
English
ontology
“The branch of philosophy concerned with being and existence”
Modern English
English
ont
“An entity or being, used chiefly in philosophical or technical contexts”