Where does “unavowably” come from?
unavowably (English) comes from English unavowable, from English avowable, from English avow, from Middle English avowen, from Old French avouer, from Latin advocāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
unavowably (English): In an unavowable manner
Definitions
- In an unavowable manner
Ancestry of “unavowably”, step by step
unavowably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unavowable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unavowable | Not avowable |
| 2 | English | avowable | Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged... |
| 3 | English | avow | To declare openly and boldly, as something... |
| 4 | Middle English | avowen | — |
| 5 | Old French | avouer | — |
| 6 | Latin | advocāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |