Where does “avocaillon” come from?
avocaillon (French) comes from French avocat, from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
avocaillon (French): a useless lawyer
Ancestry of “avocaillon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | avocat | lawyer; attorney; avocado |
| 2 | Old French | avocat | — |
| 3 | Latin | advocātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | advocō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |