evader
/ɪˈveɪdə/ih-VAY-dur
/ɪˈveɪdɚ/ih-VAY-dur
Meaningone that goes out
Common meaning: a person or thing that evades
- eout
- vadto goLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1951 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘out’ + ‘to go’ → evader
Journey through time
- Latinvādō, vāsī‘to go’
- Englishevade‘to escape or avoid’
- Englishformed in English from evadeevader‘a person or thing that evades’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that goes out. It can be inferred from any of: evade.
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 evade + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- vādō, vāsī Latin “to go”
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