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Where does “avèk” come from?

avèk (Haitian Creole) comes from French avec, from Middle French avec, from Old French avoc, from Vulgar Latin aboc, from Latin apud, from Latin ad post.

avèk (Haitian Creole): with

Definitions

  1. with

Ancestry of “avèk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavecwith
2Middle FrenchavecAlternative form of avecques
3Old Frenchavoc—
4Vulgar Latinaboc—
5Latinapudat, by, near, among; before, in the presence of,...
6Latinad post—
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