Where does “avail” come from?

Avail comes from Middle English availen, from Old French a and Latin ad combined with Latin valere (to be strong), which derives from Latin habere and ultimately Proto-Indo-European gʰeh₁bʰ-.

avail (English): To turn to the advantage of; To be of service to;...

Definitions

  1. To turn to the advantage of; To be of service to;...

Ancestry of “avail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishavailento be of use
2Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
3LatinA—
4Etruscan𐌀and, also
5Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
6Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
7Egyptian𓃾—

Words derived from “avail”

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