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Where does “desavouieren” come from?

desavouieren (German) comes from French désavouer, from French avouer, from Old French avoer, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

desavouieren (German): to expose, to compromise; to disavow

Definitions

  1. to expose, to compromise; to disavow

Ancestry of “desavouieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdésavouerto take back; to disown; to disavow
2Frenchavouerto avow; to confess; to approve
3Old Frenchavoer—
4Latinadvocō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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