Where does “vanishment” come from?
vanishment (English) comes from English vanish, from English evanish, from Old French evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanesco, from Latin vanesco, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano — Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
vanishment (English): The act or process of vanishing; disappearance
Definitions
- The act or process of vanishing; disappearance
Ancestry of “vanishment”, step by step
vanishment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vanish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vanish | To become invisible or to move out of view... |
| 2 | English | evanish | To vanish |
| 3 | Old French | evanir | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exvanire | to vanish, disappear, to fade out |
| 5 | Latin | evanesco | I vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I... |
| 6 | Latin | vanesco | I vanish |
| 7 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 8 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 9 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 10 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |