A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ESSE

Sun, 30 Jul '23
Latin 101 infinitive
Tue, 14 Feb '23
To be, in Latin
Sun, 10 Apr '22
Latin verb that's a letter off from 9-Down
Wed, 3 Nov '21
Agere sequitur ___ ("action follows being": Lat.)
Wed, 6 Oct '21
"___ quam videri" ("To be rather than to seem")
Thu, 15 Jul '21
To be: Lat.
Fri, 7 May '21
Ab ___ (absent, in Latin)