vanish

Meanings

Verb

• To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
• To become equal to zero.
• to disappear; to kidnap

Noun

• The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
• A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.

Related

Similar words

• disappear

Origin

• Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire ("to vanish, disappear, to fade out"), from Latin evanesco, from vanus. evanesce.