Where does โesquiverโ come from?
esquiver (Middle French) comes from Spanish esquivar, from Spanish esquivo, from Old French eschiver, from Gothic ๐๐บ๐น๐ฟ๐ท๐, from Proto-Germanic skeuhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewkรณs.
esquiver (Middle French): to escape
Ancestry of โesquiverโ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | esquivar | to dodge, to duck, to evade; to avoid, to bypass,... |
| 2 | Spanish | esquivo | disdainful; rough; unsociable, elusive, evasive |
| 3 | Old French | eschiver | to escape; to flee; to avoid; to refuse to deny |
| 4 | Gothic | ๐๐บ๐น๐ฟ๐ท๐ | afraid, barefaced |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skeuhaz | frightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skewkรณs | โ |
Words derived from โesquiverโ