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evection (n.)
1650s, literal, from Late Latin
evectionem
(nominative
evectio
) "a carrying upward, a flight," from Latin
evehere
, from assimilated form of
ex-
"upwards" (see
ex-
) +
vehere
"to carry" (see
vehicle
). Astronomy sense is from 1706.
