Etymology

evasive

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Today it means: Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself. Full definition →

French évasif ← Latin ēvādō
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  1. Latin · derived fromēvādō
  2. French · derived fromévasif
  3. English todayevasive

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

Words from the same roots

Latinēvādō all →

evade

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.