Etymology

evitative

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Today it means: grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages. Full definition →

Latin ēvītāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromēvītāre“to avoid”
  2. English todayevitative

From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

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