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Where does “avoidant” come from?

Avoidant comes from English avoid, Italian -ente, Latin -ens, Latin -ans, Latin narrans meaning "telling," Latin narro meaning "to tell," Proto-Italic gnārāō, and Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-.

avoidant (English): Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something; A...

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something; A...

Ancestry of “avoidant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
2Middle English-ant—
3Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
4Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
5Proto-Germanic-andz—
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوك—
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “avoidant”

  • avoidantly
  • nonavoidant
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