Where does “averment” come from?
Averment comes from Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, the noun form of Old French averer, meaning to assert or confirm, ultimately derived from Late Latin adverare combining ad- with a root from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros.
averment (English): The act of averring, or that which is averred;...
Definitions
- The act of averring, or that which is averred;...
Ancestry of “averment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | averement | — |
| 2 | Old French | averrement | — |
| 3 | Old French | averer | to realise, accomplish |
| 4 | Spanish | advero | |
| 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 |