Etymograph

English

evaginate

Evaginate comes from Latin ēvāgīnātus ‘unsheathed’, from vāgīna ‘sheath’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *wāgīnā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāgīnāreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāgīna‘sheath’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvāgīnō‘to unsheath’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvāgīnātus‘unsheathed’perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō
  5. Englishtodayevaginate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāgīnāreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāgīna‘sheath’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvāgīnō‘to unsheath’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvāgīnātus‘unsheathed’perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō
  5. Englishtodayevaginate

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *wāgīnā

vaginal, 4 more

through Latin vāgīna ‘sheath’

vanilla, vagina, 5 more

Another origin of evaginate

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvāgīnātus‘unsheathed’
  2. Englishtodayevaginate

Today it means

verb To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *wāgīnā / evaginate

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