Where does “evanishment” come from?
evanishment (English) comes from English evanish, from Old French evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanesco, from Latin vanesco, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare.
evanishment (English): Vanishing, disappearance
Definitions
- Vanishing, disappearance
Ancestry of “evanishment”, step by step
evanishment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English evanish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evanish | To vanish |
| 2 | Old French | evanir | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | exvanire | to vanish, disappear, to fade out |
| 4 | Latin | evanesco | I vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I... |
| 5 | Latin | vanesco | I vanish |
| 6 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 7 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 8 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 9 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |