## Meanings
1. A thing that exists as a single, separate unit, often an organization.
2. Something that has its own distinct existence, whether living or not.

## Examples
- After the merger, the two companies became a single entity.
- The committee operates as a legal entity independent of the government.

## Antonyms
- nonentity
- variety

## Derived Forms
- entitative
- entitic
- entitize
- entitylike

## Related Forms
- duality
- entirety
- existence
- identity
- relationship
- trinity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: entitās

## Etymology
From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

## AI Etymology
Entity comes from the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information. The historical chain includes entitās (Medieval Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as entitative, entitic, entitize, and entitylike and related forms such as duality, entirety, and existence. In present use it covers a thing that exists as a single, separate unit, often an organization and something that has its own distinct existence, whether living or not.

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