Etymograph

English

evade

Evade comes from Latin ēvādō ‘to pass or go over’, from vādō ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to advance’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to advance’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéh₂dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāðō‘to advance, proceed, go’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvādō‘to go’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvādō‘to pass or go over’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évader
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1622evade

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to advance’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéh₂dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāðō‘to advance, proceed, go’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvādō‘to go’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvādō‘to pass or go over’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évader
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1622evade

Earliest quotation: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam: “Evading from perils.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to advance’

invasive, wade, evasion, waddle, 1 more

through Latin vādō ‘to go’

invasion, invade

through Latin ēvādō ‘to pass or go over’

evasive

Today it means

verb To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- / evade

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