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Where does “adversaire” come from?

adversaire (French) comes from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

adversaire (French): adversary, opponent, opposition, antagonist

Definitions

  1. adversary, opponent, opposition, antagonist

Ancestry of “adversaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadversārius—
2Latinadversusset opposite, adverse, having been set against;...
3Latinadvertō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adversaire”

  • adversar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →