English
evocation
Evocation comes from Middle French évocation.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évocation
- Englishearliest quotation 1982evocation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600évocation
- Englishearliest quotation 1982evocation
Earliest quotation: 1982, Michael Bronski, Boys from Catholic School: “Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the…”
Every English word from Middle French évocation
Today it means
noun The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French évocation / evocation