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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishadvocacythe profession of an advocate; the act of arguing...
2Middle Englishadvocacie—
3Medieval Latinadvocātia—
4Latinadvocātus—
5Latinadvocō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →