English Explanatory Dictionary

evitable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Possible to avoid; avertible.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ /-ɾə-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evitable.wav

Word forms

evitable more evitable most evitable

Etymology

From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)).

Synonyms

Antonyms

ineluctable inescapable inevitable irresistible unavoidable unescapable unpreventable

Derived words

evitability evitably inevitability inevitable inevitableness

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