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Where does “advocacy” come from?

advocacy (English) comes from Middle English advocacie, from Medieval Latin advocātia, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

advocacy (English): the profession of an advocate; the act of arguing...

Definitions

  1. the profession of an advocate; the act of arguing...

Ancestry of “advocacy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishadvocacie—
2Medieval Latinadvocātia—
3Latinadvocātus—
4Latinadvocō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “advocacy”

  • nonadvocacy
  • cyberadvocacy
  • self-advocacy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →