Where does “avengeress” come from?
avengeress (English) comes from English avenger, from English avenge, from Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
avengeress (English): A female avenger
Definitions
- A female avenger
Ancestry of “avengeress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avenger | One who avenges or vindicates; One who takes... |
| 2 | English | avenge | To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer |
| 3 | Middle English | avengen | — |
| 4 | Old French | avengier | to avenge |
| 5 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |