Essential

The adjective essenziell (or essential ) (via French essentiel from mittellat. Essentialis , essentially, mainly ') stands for:

• Property of a characteristic determining the inner essence of a thing; see essence (philosophy)
• Property of a vital substance that the body cannot synthesize itself; see Essential Substance

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Wiktionary: essential  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• essence

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