Where does “adversarie” come from?
adversarie (Middle English) comes from Old French aversier, from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “adversarie”, step by step
adversarie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French aversier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | aversier | — |
| 2 | Latin | adversārius | opponent, rival |
| 3 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 4 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 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 Anglo-Norman aversaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | aversaire | adversary; opponent |
| 2 | Latin | adversarius | opponent, rival; adversary, antagonist, enemy;... |
| 3 | Latin | -arius | Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |