Where does “évanescent” come from?
évanescent (French) comes from Latin ēvānēscēns, from Latin evanesco, from Latin vanesco, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre — he, she.
évanescent (French): evanescent
Ancestry of “évanescent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ēvānēscēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | evanesco | I vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I... |
| 3 | Latin | vanesco | I vanish |
| 4 | Latin | vānus | — |
| 5 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 6 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 7 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “évanescent”