Where does “evirate” come from?
evirate (English) comes from Latin ēvirātus, from Latin ēvirō, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
evirate (English): To castrate; To render weak or unmanly
Definitions
- To castrate; To render weak or unmanly
Ancestry of “evirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ēvirātus | emasculated, having been deprived of manhood |
| 2 | Latin | ēvirō | to emasculate, unman, deprive of manhood |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |