Where does “avowa” come from?
avowa (Cornish) comes from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
avowa (Cornish): to acknowledge, admit, avow, confess
Definitions
- to acknowledge, admit, avow, confess
Ancestry of “avowa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avow | To declare openly and boldly, as something... |
| 2 | Middle English | avowen | — |
| 3 | Old French | avouer | — |
| 4 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |