Where does “avouchest” come from?
avouchest (English) comes from English avouch, from Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
avouchest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “avouchest”, step by step
avouchest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avouch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avouch | To declare freely and openly; to assert; To... |
| 2 | Old French | avouchier | — |
| 3 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |