Extant

Word of the Day for Friday April 15, 2005

extant \EK-stunt; ek-STANT\, adjective:
Still existing; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.

Why, then, did the joint House-Senate committee insert a
maximum? The lack of extant records of the committee's
deliberations requires us to speculate.
--Akhil Reed Amar, [1]The Bill of Rights

The fossil record shows clearly that ancient life was very
different from extant life.
--Paul Davies, [2]The Fifth Miracle
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Extant comes from Latin exstare, "to stand out, to project,
hence to be prominent, to be visible, to exist," from ex-,
"out" + stare, "to stand."
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To me, what I've noticed where I live and where I work are the old signs on all the old garment factories (as well as some older grafitti). These have not been painted over or lost completely:

Work Building:



My window under the style undies sign:


My home building:



Random faded signs on my way to work:






old architectural sign:


Old grafitti: