Where does “evadee” come from?

evadee (English) comes from English evade, from Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō, from Latin vādō, from Latin vadere, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

evadee (English): Someone who evades

Definitions

  1. Someone who evades

Ancestry of “evadee”, step by step

evadee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English evade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishevadeTo get away from by cunning; to avoid by...
2Middle Frenchévader
3Latinēvādōto exit, leave, come out
4Latinvādōto go, walk, rush
5Latinvaderesecond-person singular present passive...
6LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
7Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ-