Etymograph

English

evolation

Evolation comes from Latin evolatio ‘escape’, from ēvolō ‘to fly away, up or out’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *welō ‘to want, will’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welō‘to want, will’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolō‘to wish, to please’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvolō‘to fly away, up or out’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEevolatio‘escape’
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1656evolation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welō‘to want, will’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolō‘to wish, to please’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvolō‘to fly away, up or out’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEevolatio‘escape’
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1656evolation

Earliest quotation: a. 1656, Bishop Joseph Hall: “Upon the wings of this Faith , is the…”

Linked words

through Latin volō ‘to wish, to please’

voluntary, volatile, volition, malevolence, 9 more

Today it means

noun A flying out or up, such as evaporation.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *welō / evolation

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