English
evertuate
Evertuate comes from French évertuer ‘to strive’, from vertu ‘virtue’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós ‘man’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wiHrós‘man’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiros‘a man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvir‘man, male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvirtūsas virtūtem‘courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vertu‘valour’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘virtue’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘virtue’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentévertuer‘to strive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1644evertuate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wiHrós‘man’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiros‘a man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvir‘man, male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvirtūsas virtūtem‘courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vertu‘valour’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘virtue’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘virtue’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentévertuer‘to strive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1644evertuate
Earliest quotation: 1644, Henry Parker, Jus Populi: “For besides that the Senate had been now long…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to chase, pursue’
previous, obvious, violent, violation, inevitable, voyage, trivial, convey, vengeance, envoy, trivia, vis, violate, deviation, avenge, deviant, vindication, viaduct, venison, ochre, vim, inviolable, violator, trivium, obviate, 53 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós ‘man’
through Latin vir ‘man, male’
virile, virility, virago, 4 more
through Latin virtūs ‘courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry’
Today it means
verb To sap the strength of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós / evertuate