Where does “advokato” come from?
advokato (Ido) comes from Esperanto advokato, from Polish adwokat, from French avocat, from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
advokato (Ido): lawyer, barrister, advocate
Definitions
- lawyer, barrister, advocate
Ancestry of “advokato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | advokato | lawyer, barrister, attorney; advocate |
| 2 | Polish | adwokat | barrister, advocate, solicitor; advocate; female... |
| 3 | French | avocat | lawyer; attorney; avocado |
| 4 | Old French | avocat | — |
| 5 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 6 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |