Where does “eschivă” come from?
eschivă (Romanian) comes from French esquiver, from Middle French esquiver, from Spanish esquivar, from Spanish esquivo, from Old French eschiver, from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃, from Proto-Germanic skeuhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewkós.
eschivă (Romanian): dodge
Definitions
- dodge
Ancestry of “eschivă”, step by step
eschivă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French esquiver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | esquiver | to dodge (a blow), duck |
| 2 | Middle French | esquiver | to escape |
| 3 | Spanish | esquivar | to dodge, to duck, to evade; to avoid, to bypass,... |
| 4 | Spanish | esquivo | disdainful; rough; unsociable, elusive, evasive |
| 5 | Old French | eschiver | to escape; to flee; to avoid; to refuse to deny |
| 6 | Gothic | 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 | afraid, barefaced |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skeuhaz | frightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skewkós | — |
via French esquive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | esquive | dodge |