Where does “self-advocacy” come from?

self-advocacy (English) comes from English advocacy, from Middle English advocacie, from Medieval Latin advocātia, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

self-advocacy (English): Representing oneself or one's own views or...

Definitions

  1. Representing oneself or one's own views or...

Ancestry of “self-advocacy”, step by step

self-advocacy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English advocacy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishadvocacythe profession of an advocate; the act of arguing...
2Middle Englishadvocacie
3Medieval Latinadvocātia
4LatinadvocātusOne called to aid
5Latinadvocōto call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Self

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSelfHimself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned)
2Middle EnglishsalveAlternative form of sauf
3Old Englishsealfsalve
4Proto-West Germanicsalbusalve, ointment
5Proto-Germanicsalbōsalve, ointment
6Proto-Indo-Europeansolp-éh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-