Eschew
/ɪˈʃuː/noun
To deliberately avoid or keep away from something.
Did you know?Eschew entered English through Anglo-French and Old French forms meaning “to shun” or “to flee from,” and its sound hides a long history of social rejection rather than any occult spellwork.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skeu-
“to cover, hide, or ward off”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skūjaną
“to avoid, shun”
Old French
OF
eschiver
“to avoid, shun”
Middle English
ME
eschuen
“to shun, avoid”
Modern English
English
eschew
“to deliberately avoid”