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Where does “advice” come from?

Advice comes from Middle English avys, from Old French avis meaning "opinion," from Old French vis, from Latin visum meaning "seen," derived from the Proto-Indo-European root gʷeih₃w- meaning "to see."

advice (English): An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful;...

Definitions

  1. An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful;...

Ancestry of “advice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishavysopinion
2Old Frenchavisopinion
3Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
4LatinA—
5Etruscan𐌀—
6Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
7Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
8Egyptian𓃾—

Words derived from “advice”

  • misadvice
  • adviceline
  • adviceful
  • アドバイス
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