Where does “évanouir” come from?
évanouir (French) comes from Old French esvanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanesco, from Latin vanesco, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare, from Romanian -re — he, she.
évanouir (French): to lose consciousness; to faint; to vanish or...
Definitions
- to lose consciousness; to faint; to vanish or...
Ancestry of “évanouir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | esvanir | to disappear; to vanish |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | exvanire | to vanish, disappear, to fade out |
| 3 | Latin | evanesco | I vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I... |
| 4 | Latin | vanesco | I vanish |
| 5 | Latin | vānus | — |
| 6 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 7 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 8 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “évanouir”