Where does “avouch” come from?

avouch (English) comes from Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

avouch (English): To declare freely and openly; to assert; To...

Definitions

  1. To declare freely and openly; to assert; To...

Ancestry of “avouch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchavouchier
2Latinadvocāre
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “avouch

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos
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