English
elude
Elude comes from Latin ēlūdō ‘to evade, elude’, and goes back to lūdō ‘to play’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘to play’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlūdō‘to evade, elude’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748elude
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdō‘to play’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlūdō‘to evade, elude’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748elude
Earliest quotation: 1748, David Hume, London: Oxford University Press: “Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is…”
Linked words
through Latin lūdō ‘to play’
illusion, collusion, ludicrous, delusion, interlude, allude, allusive, collude, 19 more
through Latin ēlūdō ‘to evade, elude’
Today it means
verb To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūdō / elude