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