evacuation
/ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃən/ih-va-kyuh-WAY-shuhn
/ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃən/ih-va-kyuh-WAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of evacuating
Common meaning: clearing people out of a place
- eout
- vacuto be emptyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1950 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘to be empty’ → evacuation
Journey through time
- Latinvacō; vacuus‘to be empty’
- Englishevacuate‘to clear people out of a place’
- Englishformed in English from evacuateevacuation‘clearing people out of a place’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from evacuate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EVACUATE, p.196 · scan
Roots
- vacō; vacuus Latin “to be empty”
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