English

evilution

Blend of evil + evolution.

Proto-Germanic *ubilaz ‘evil, bad’

Proto-West Germanic *ubil ‘evil, bad’

Old English yfel ‘bad, evil’

Middle English yvel ‘morally evil’

English evil

Latin volvō ‘to roll’

Latin ēvolvō ‘to unroll, unfold’

Latin ēvolūtus ‘unrolled’

Latin ēvolūtiō ‘unrolling (of a book)’

Today it means

noun Evolutionary theory viewed as something evil.

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

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