*SET-U

English word origin

Etymology of evade

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.

1 source sectionExtended source reportWiktionary original ↗
In this entry · 1 source sections

The source etymologies

Wiktionary via Kaikki / Wiktextract

The source reports below are imported and unreviewed by *SET-U. Separate numbered origins and differing source variants are preserved; agreement within this extraction is not independent corroboration.

Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
verb

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.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "root",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂dʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "uder",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "évader"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French évader"
    },
    {
      "name": "uder",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ēvādō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to pass or go over; flee"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”)"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "évader",
      "évader#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "ēvādō",
      "evado#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "ē",
      "e#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "vādō",
      "vado#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "wade",
      "wade"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "verb",
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "recordId": "ce4ac2e14e14ad0c42249d8b33d7fb0a55d793b66e813ae1ac21153ff7a2823d",
      "rawRecordSha256": "0593d13bacc4a3257544e00c7dfa41a6dd3c858b09f09b372c1a445f1447f04a",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 303576
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 0,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Where this record stops

This page does not supply an independently verified sound-change sequence, first-use manuscript or complete family tree unless a cited analysis explicitly establishes one. Missing detail here is a limit of this record—not a claim that humanity knows nothing more.

An older meaning does not determine what a word must mean today. Follow the sources, preserve disagreements, and keep ancestry separate from interpretation.

Contribute located evidence for evade →

Source and snapshot

Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

Source entry and bibliography ↗Wiktionary revision history ↗Acquisition and rights ledger
Machine-source provenance
Source SHA-256
5ff2c072f8099f2d2ce484bd6957bf179f046d2ad37bc36555edf8bb84cb5291
Import run
73216b9a9b78ed3830994bf853103716f5a4dc57099e371e9f8fdc468facca26
Permanent entry ID
w-ZXZhZGU