Where does “évacuer” come from?

évacuer (French) comes from Old French evacuer, from Latin ēvacuō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

évacuer (French): to evacuate

Definitions

  1. to evacuate

Ancestry of “évacuer”, step by step

évacuer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French evacuer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchevacuerto evacuate; to clear the intestines of fecal...
2Latinēvacuōto empty out; to evacuate
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

via Latin ēvacuāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēvacuāre—

Words derived from “évacuer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin ēvacuō →