English
eviction
Eviction comes from Late Latin ēvictiō ‘an eviction, a dispossession’, from Latin ēvincō ‘to overcome, conquer, subdue, vanquish’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkō‘to conquer, overcome’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincō‘conquer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvincō‘to overcome, conquer, subdue, vanquish’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEēvictiō‘an eviction, a dispossession’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600éviction
- Englishtodayeviction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkō‘to conquer, overcome’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincō‘conquer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvincō‘to overcome, conquer, subdue, vanquish’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEēvictiō‘an eviction, a dispossession’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600éviction
- Englishtodayeviction
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’
province, weakness, witch, wicked, victim, wo, iconic, icon, victor, wight, weakly, vicar, wile, waw, ancona, 32 more
through Latin vincō ‘conquer’
victory, convince, invincible, conviction, victorious, convict, vanquish, 10 more
Today it means
noun The act of evicting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / eviction