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Origin and history of vanishing

vanishing(adj.)

mid-15c., "disappearing from sight or existence," present-participle adjective from vanish (v.). Related: Vanishingly. Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797. Vanishing cream, so called because readily absorbed by the skin, is by 1908.

also from mid-15c.

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vanish(v.)

c. 1300, vanishen, "disappear quickly," from shortened form of esvaniss-, extended stem of Old French esvanir "disappear; cause to disappear," from Vulgar Latin *exvanire, from Latin evanescere "disappear, pass away, die out." This is from ex "out" (see ex-) + vanescere "vanish," inchoative verb from vanus "empty, void" (from suffixed form of PIE root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out").

By mid-14c. as "disappear gradually, fade away." Transitive sense of "cause to disappear from view" is by late 14c. Related: Vanished; vanishing.

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