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Where does “avoué” come from?

avoué (French) comes from Old French avoe, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

avoué (French): solicitor; attorney; past participle of avouer

Definitions

  1. solicitor; attorney; past participle of avouer

Ancestry of “avoué”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchavoeprotector, defensor
2Latinadvocātus—
3Latinadvocō—
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 “avoué”

  • avowee
  • inavoué
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