Where does “evazivitate” come from?
evazivitate (Romanian) comes from Romanian evaziv, from French évasif, from French évasion, from Middle French évasion, from Latin evasiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
evazivitate (Romanian): evasiveness
Definitions
- evasiveness
Ancestry of “evazivitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | evaziv | evasive |
| 2 | French | évasif | evasive, slippery, noncommittal |
| 3 | French | évasion | escape; escapism |
| 4 | Middle French | évasion | — |
| 5 | Latin | evasiō | an escape |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |