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Where does “avowedness” come from?

avowedness (English) comes from English avowed, from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.

avowedness (English): The state or quality of being avowed

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being avowed

Ancestry of “avowedness”, 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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