Etymograph

English

evasion

Evasion comes from Late Latin evasionem, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to go, to proceed’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to go, to proceed’root as named
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEevasionem
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évasion
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2011evasion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to go, to proceed’root as named
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEevasionem
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évasion
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2011evasion

Earliest quotation: 2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals: “In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to go, to proceed’

wade, invade, invasion, invasive, evade, waddle, 1 more

Today it means

noun The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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

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

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