evade

/ɪˈveɪd/ · verb

Meaning

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Etymology / origin

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

ēvādō(la)→
évader(frm)→
*weh₂dʰ-(ine-pro)→
evade (English)
Relations: root, uder, uder

Related words

*weh₂dʰ-(ine-pro)évader(frm)ēvādō(la)

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