Where does “evertuate” come from?
evertuate (English) comes from French évertuer, from French vertu, from Middle French vertu, from Old French vertu, from Latin virtūs, from English virtue, from Middle English vertu, from Anglo-Norman vertu — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
evertuate (English): To sap the strength of
Definitions
- To sap the strength of
Ancestry of “evertuate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | évertuer | to strive |
| 2 | French | vertu | virtue |
| 3 | Middle French | vertu | virtue |
| 4 | Old French | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 5 | Latin | virtūs | manhood, manliness, virility |
| 6 | English | virtue | Accordance with moral principles; conformity of... |
| 7 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 8 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 9 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 10 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 11 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |