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Where does “avouer” come from?

avouer (French) comes from Old French avoer, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

avouer (French): to avow; to confess; to approve

Definitions

  1. to avow; to confess; to approve

Ancestry of “avouer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchavoer—
2Latinadvocō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “avouer”

  • avowee
  • inavouable
  • désavouer
  • avoueur
  • avouable
  • inavoué
  • avoué
  • desavouieren
  • desavouere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →