20 нояб. 2020 г. · "to refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from; shun; avoid," mid-14c., from Old French eschiver "shun, eschew, avoid, dispense with,"

Eschew derives from the Anglo-French verb eschiver and is akin to the Old High German verb sciuhen ("to frighten off"), an ancestor of our word shy.

Etymology. From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a ...

OED's earliest evidence for eschew is from around 1340–70, in Alexander and Dindimus. eschew is a borrowing from French.

6 дней назад · to avoid something intentionally, or to give up something: The leaders of the organization eschewed the term "union," preferring " ...

Eschew comes from a word meaning dread, or shun. So to eschew something isn't simply to avoid it, the way you would avoid walking in a puddle––it's stronger ...

Word History and Origins Origin of eschew1. C14: from Old French eschiver, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German skiuhan to frighten away; see shy 1, ...

eschew is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French eschieu. See etymology. Nearby entries.

eschew in American English (esˈtʃuː) transitive verb. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. to eschew evil. SYNONYMS circumvent, boycott; forgo.

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen 'shun', also to shy. Questions about ...