Where does “adwokat” come from?
adwokat (Polish) 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.
adwokat (Polish): barrister, advocate, solicitor; advocate; female...
Definitions
- barrister, advocate, solicitor; advocate; female...
Ancestry of “adwokat”, step by step
adwokat 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 |