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Where does “adversité” come from?

adversité (French) comes from Middle French adversité, from Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, from Latin adversitās, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

adversité (French): adversity

Definitions

  1. adversity

Ancestry of “adversité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchadversitéadversity
2Old Frenchadversitéadversity
3Latinadversitātem—
4Latinadversitās—
5Latinadversusset opposite, adverse, having been set against;...
6Latinadvertō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adversité”

  • adversitate
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