English
evanesce
Evanesce comes from Latin ēvānēscō ‘to vanish’, from vānēscō ‘disappear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- ‘empty, leave, abandon, give out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weh₂-‘empty, leave, abandon, give out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvānus‘empty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvānēscō‘disappear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvānēscōas evanescere‘to vanish’
- Englishtodayevanesce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weh₂-‘empty, leave, abandon, give out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wānosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvānus‘empty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvānēscō‘disappear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvānēscōas evanescere‘to vanish’
- Englishtodayevanesce
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- ‘empty, leave, abandon, give out’
want, various, waste, variety, vast, vacation, vary, void, variable, vacant, evacuate, vacate, waning, vacuous, wane, varicella, 26 more
through Latin vānus ‘empty’
through Latin ēvānēscō ‘to vanish’
Today it means
verb To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- / evanesce