Etymograph

English

Evolution Day

From evolution + day.

A compound of evolution + day

Latin volvō ‘to roll’

Latin ēvolvō ‘to unroll, unfold’

Latin ēvolūtus ‘unrolled’

Latin ēvolūtiō ‘unrolling (of a book)’

English evolution

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ ‘day’

Middle English day ‘a day’

English day

The story

From being the anniversary day of the day that On Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was originally published in 1859.

Today it means

name November the 24th; the day that celebrates the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, and evolutionary biology, evolution science.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Evolution Day