If “epi” is above and “ousia” is essence, then this leads me to think: what is above essence? A Thomistic reading would suggest that the only remaining principl

If “epi” is above and “ousia” is essence, then this leads me to think: what is above essence? A Thomistic reading would suggest that the only remaining principle above essence is existence. So something like bread of existence/bring? This does sound like “bread of life”. Some may argue that the Greeks had no “concept” of existence qua existence, but they also didn’t have this word either, hence the neologism. And it would not be a strong objection: the Thomistic understanding of transsubstantiation also came later, but is the accepted view of the Catholic Church.