English word escape comes from Latin evanescere, Latin capere, Vulgar Latin *excappare
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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evanescere | Latin (lat) | |
capere | Latin (lat) | |
*excappare | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
*excappō, excappāre | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
escaper | Old Northern French (fro-nor) | |
escape | English (en) | (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.. (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.. (intransitive) To get free, to free oneself.. (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.. (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or [...] |