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Where does “vanish” come from?

Vanish comes from Old French esvanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanesco, ultimately derived from the Latin prefix ex-.

vanish (English): To become invisible or to move out of view...

Definitions

  1. To become invisible or to move out of view...

Ancestry of “vanish”, 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-—

Words derived from “vanish”

  • vanisheth
  • vanishment
  • vanisher
  • vanishest
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