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