English
evene
Evene comes from Latin ēveniō ‘happen, fall out, come out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-1‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti2‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō2‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō3‘come’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniō3‘happen, fall out, come out’
- Englishtodayevene3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin venio
- 3 Wiktionary, English evene
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yétiWiktionary, Latin venio‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniōWiktionary, Latin venio‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniōWiktionary, English evene‘come’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniōWiktionary, English evene‘happen, fall out, come out’
- EnglishtodayeveneWiktionary, English evene
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, bass, cum, revenue, venue, pug, contravention, quim, 53 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
convenience, misadventure, 20 more
through Latin veniō ‘come’
convention, adventure, avenue, inventory, inventor, advent, intervene, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, circumvention, revenant, contravene, 21 more
through Latin ēveniō ‘happen, fall out, come out’
Today it means
verb To occur; to happen; to come to pass.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “evene”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, Latin venio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / evene