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Extant

<p>First attested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1545" class="extiw" title="w:1545">1545</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" class="extiw" title="w:Latin language">Latin</a> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extantem#Latin" title="extantem">extantem</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exto#Latin" title="exto">extō</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ex-#Latin" title="ex-">ex-</a></i> ‎(“out”) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sto#Latin" title="sto">stō</a></i> ‎(“stand”).</p>

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<strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">extant</strong> ‎(<i>not <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</p>

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<li>Still in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/existence" title="existence">existence</a>.</li>

<li>Currently <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/existing" title="existing">existing</a>; not having <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disappeared" title="disappeared">disappeared</a>.</li>

<li>Still <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alive" title="alive">alive</a>; not <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extinct" title="extinct">extinct</a>.</li>

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