Where does “avocat du diable” come from?
avocat du diable (French) comes from Latin advocatus diaboli, from Latin advocatus, from Latin advoco, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
avocat du diable (French): devil's advocate
Definitions
- devil's advocate
Ancestry of “avocat du diable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | advocatus diaboli | the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church... |
| 2 | Latin | advocatus | One called to aid; advocate, attendant; witness,... |
| 3 | Latin | advoco | I call, invite or summon someone to a place,... |
| 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 |