Where does “avertress” come from?
avertress (English) comes from English averter, from English avert, from Middle English averten, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
avertress (English): A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who...
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- A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who...
Ancestry of “avertress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | averter | One who, or that which, averts |
| 2 | English | avert | To turn aside or away; To ward off, or prevent,... |
| 3 | Middle English | averten | — |
| 4 | Old French | avertir | to inform; to notify; to notice; to remark |
| 5 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |