Where does “evade” come from?
Evade comes from Middle French évader, from Latin evado, formed from the prefix ex- and a root from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- meaning to go or move.
evade (English): To get away from by cunning; to avoid by...
Definitions
- To get away from by cunning; to avoid by...
Ancestry of “evade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | évader | — |
| 2 | Latin | ēvādō | to exit, leave, come out |
| 3 | Latin | vādō | to go, walk, rush |
| 4 | Latin | vadere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 5 | Latin | vado | I go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wāðō | advance, proceed, go |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂dʰ- | to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse |