Where does “avouchment” come from?
avouchment (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.
avouchment (English): The act of avouching; A positive declaration
Definitions
- The act of avouching; A positive declaration
Ancestry of “avouchment”, step by step
| 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 |