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Where does “avérer” come from?

avérer (French) comes from Old French averer, from Spanish advero, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

avérer (French): to uncover, to reveal; to prove ; to transpire

Definitions

  1. to uncover, to reveal; to prove ; to transpire

Ancestry of “avérer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaverer—
2Spanishadvero
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “avérer”

  • aver
  • averment
  • averral
  • averrer
  • averrable
  • averement
  • averrement
  • averement
  • averer
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