Where does “advocate” come from?
advocate (Dutch) comes from Dutch advocaat, from Middle Dutch advocaet, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “advocate”, step by step
advocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch advocaat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | advocaat | attorney, lawyer; an alcoholic beverage made of... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | advocaet | — |
| 3 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 4 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Dutch e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | e | — |