Etymograph

English

evocative

Evocative comes from Latin ēvocātīvus ‘pertaining to summoning’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvocātīvus‘pertaining to summoning’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992evocative

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvocātīvus‘pertaining to summoning’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992evocative

Earliest quotation: 1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory: “Using loose but evocative language, one might say that…”

Equivalent to evoke + -ative

Latin ēvocō ‘to call out, summon’

French évoquer

English evoke

Every English word from Latin ēvocātīvus

Today it means

adj That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.

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Etymograph / Latin ēvocātīvus / evocative

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