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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

  1. Vanishing, disappearance

Ancestry of “evanishment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishevanishTo vanish
2Old Frenchevanir—
3Vulgar Latinexvanireto vanish, disappear, to fade out
4LatinevanescoI vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I...
5LatinvanescoI vanish
6Latinvānus—
7Italianvanovain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,...
8ItalianvanareAlternative form of vaneggiare
9Romanian-re-ing, -ation
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
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