Where does “advokatfirma” come from?
advokatfirma (Danish) comes from Danish advokat, from French avocat, from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
advokatfirma (Danish): a law firm
Definitions
- a law firm
Ancestry of “advokatfirma”, step by step
advokatfirma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish advokat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | advokat | lawyer |
| 2 | French | avocat | lawyer; attorney; avocado |
| 3 | Old French | avocat | — |
| 4 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 5 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Danish firma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | firma | a company, a firm |
| 2 | Italian | firma | signature; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | firmare | to sign |
| 4 | Latin | firmō | to make firm, strengthen, harden, fortify |
| 5 | Latin | Firmus | strong, powerful |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fermos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer-mo-s | holding |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |