Where does “averement” come from?
averement (Middle English) comes from Old French averrement, from Old French averer, from Spanish advero, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “averement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | averrement | — |
| 2 | Old French | averer | — |
| 3 | Spanish | advero | |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “averement”