Where does “evocationism” come from?
evocationism (English) comes from English evocation, from French évocation, from Latin evocatio, from Latin ēvocō, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs — to speak, to sound out.
evocationism (English): An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience
Definitions
- An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience
Ancestry of “evocationism”, step by step
evocationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English evocation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evocation | The act of calling out or forth, or evoking |
| 2 | French | évocation | evocation |
| 3 | Latin | evocatio | invitation, calling; singular vocative of... |
| 4 | Latin | ēvocō | to summon, to call out, to call forth |
| 5 | Latin | vocō | to call, summon, beckon (with one's voice) |
| 6 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |