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Where does “avowedly” come from?

Avowedly derives from English avow, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, Latin advoco, Latin ad-, Latin ad, and Proto-Indo-European ád.

avowedly (English): With open acknowledgment, declaration or...

Definitions

  1. With open acknowledgment, declaration or...

Ancestry of “avowedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishavowedsimple past tense and past participle of avow;...
2EnglishavowTo declare openly and boldly, as something...
3Middle Englishavowen—
4Old Frenchavouer—
5Latinadvocāre—
6LatinAd—
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnos—
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