Where does “avec” come from?
avec (Finnish) comes from French avec, from Middle French avec, from Old French avoc, from Vulgar Latin aboc, from Latin apud, from Latin ad post.
avec (Finnish): vis-à-vis, date, company
Ancestry of “avec”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | avec | with |
| 2 | Middle French | avec | Alternative form of avecques |
| 3 | Old French | avoc | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aboc | — |
| 5 | Latin | apud | at, by, near, among; before, in the presence of,... |
| 6 | Latin | ad post | — |