Evanishes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Passes out of sight or fades away completely, leaving no trace behind it
2. Disappears gradually from view so that it can no longer be seen or detected
3. Slips away from perception and ceases to exist, often without warning or explanation

Etymology: "Evanishes" is simply the third-person singular present form of "evanish," meaning to fade from view. The verb "evanish" came into English from Old French "esvanir," which itself descends from Latin "evanescere," to pass away or dissolve into vapour. The Latin verb is built from "e-," meaning out or away, and "vanescere," an inceptive form of "vanus," empty or vain. Its sense of thinning into nothing is visible in the modern word's gentle, gradual disappearance. English also has "vanish" and "evanesce," which share this same Latin ancestry. "Evanish" is essentially a doublet of "evanesce," which came directly from Latin, while "vanish" arrived through Old French and was later shortened from the older form "evanish" in English. The result is three closely related words that all trace back to the same idea of something emptying out of sight.