Where does “badvocate” come from?
badvocate (English) comes from English advocate, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
badvocate (English): One who engages in badvocacy
Definitions
- One who engages in badvocacy
Ancestry of “badvocate”, step by step
badvocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advocate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advocate | Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case... |
| 2 | Old French | advocat | — |
| 3 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 4 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English bad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bad | Unfavorable; negative; not good; Not suitable or... |
| 2 | Middle English | bad | — |
| 3 | Old English | bæd | first/third-person singular preterite of biddan |
| 4 | Old English | biddan | to ask; to beg |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | biddjan | to ask, to make a request |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bidjaną | to make a request; to ask; to request, ask |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰidʰ- | to command; pot, bucket, barrel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |