Where does “avower” come from?
avower (English) comes from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
avower (English): A person who avows
Definitions
- A person who avows
Ancestry of “avower”, step by step
avower traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avow | To declare openly and boldly, as something... |
| 2 | Middle English | avowen | — |
| 3 | Old French | avouer | — |
| 4 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |