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Where does “Advokat” come from?

Advokat (German) comes from Middle High German advocāte, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Advokat (German): lawyer

Definitions

  1. lawyer

Ancestry of “Advokat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanadvocāte—
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 “Advokat”

  • advokataro
  • advokatejo
  • advokato
  • адвокат
  • אַדוואָקאַט
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →