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
- adversary, opponent, opposition, antagonist
Ancestry of “adversaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | adversārius | opponent, rival |
| 2 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 3 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |