Where does “avowans” come from?
avowans (Cornish) comes from Cornish avowa, from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
avowans (Cornish): confession
Definitions
- confession
Ancestry of “avowans”, step by step
avowans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish avowa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | avowa | to acknowledge, admit, avow, confess |
| 2 | English | avow | To declare openly and boldly, as something... |
| 3 | Middle English | avowen | — |
| 4 | Old French | avouer | — |
| 5 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Cornish ans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | ans | — |