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extant
- 1) adjective, still in existence; surviving
- 2) adjective, standing out; protruding
Etymology
C16: from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to stand
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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