Where does “avocat” come from?
avocat (French) comes from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
avocat (French): lawyer; attorney; avocado
Definitions
- lawyer; attorney; avocado
Ancestry of “avocat”, step by step
avocat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French avocat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | avocat | — |
| 2 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 3 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 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 |
via Spanish avocado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | avocado | avocado |
| 2 | Spanish | aguacate | avocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a... |
| 3 | Nahuatl | āhuacatl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Nahuan | pa:wa | avocado |
via English avocat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avocat | An advocate, a lawyer |