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Where does “avertir” come from?

avertir (French) comes from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

avertir (French): to warn, to avert; to notify, to notify

Definitions

  1. to warn, to avert; to notify, to notify

Ancestry of “avertir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchadvertirto warn
2Old Frenchavertirto inform; to notify; to notice; to remark
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 “avertir”

  • avertissement
  • advertir
  • avertissement
  • avertisseur
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