Where does “evacuee” come from?

evacuee (English) comes from French évacué, from French évacuer, from Old French evacuer, from Latin ēvacuō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

evacuee (English): A person who has been evacuated, especially a...

Definitions

  1. A person who has been evacuated, especially a...

Ancestry of “evacuee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchévacuépast participle of évacuer
2Frenchévacuerto evacuate
3Old Frenchevacuerto evacuate; to clear the intestines of fecal...
4Latinēvacuōto empty out; to evacuate
5Latinēx-out, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin ēvacuō →