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Where does “адвокат” come from?

адвокат (Russian) comes from German Advokat, from Middle High German advocāte, from Latin advocātus, from Latin advocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “адвокат”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdvokatlawyer
2Middle High Germanadvocāte—
3Latinadvocātus—
4Latinadvocō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “адвокат”

  • адвокатский
  • адвокат
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →