Where does “avokado” come from?
avokado (Ido) comes from French avocat, from Old French avocat, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
avokado (Ido): avocado
Definitions
- avocado
Ancestry of “avokado”, step by step
avokado traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French avocat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avocat | lawyer; attorney; avocado |
| 2 | Old French | avocat | — |
| 3 | Latin | advocātus | One called to aid |
| 4 | Latin | advocō | to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Russian авока́до
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | авока́до | avocado |
| 2 | English | avocado | The large, usually yellowish-green or black,... |
| 3 | Spanish | avocado | avocado |
| 4 | Spanish | aguacate | avocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a... |
| 5 | Nahuatl | āhuacatl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Nahuan | pa:wa | avocado |
via German Avocado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Avocado | avocado fruit; tree |