Where does “avowably” come from?
avowably (English) comes from English avowable, from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
avowably (English): In an avowable manner
Definitions
- In an avowable manner
Ancestry of “avowably”, step by step
avowably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avowable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avowable | Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged... |
| 2 | English | avow | To declare openly and boldly, as something... |
| 3 | Middle English | avowen | — |
| 4 | Old French | avouer | — |
| 5 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |