Where does “aval” come from?
aval (Spanish) comes from Portuguese aval, from German Aval, from Italian avallo, from Russian ава́ль, from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.
aval (Spanish): endorsement; countersignature; guarantee
Definitions
- endorsement; countersignature; guarantee
Ancestry of “aval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | aval | permit |
| 2 | German | Aval | — |
| 3 | Italian | avallo | guarantee |
| 4 | Russian | ава́ль | aval, bank guarantee, surety |
| 5 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 6 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 7 | English | avie | emulously |
| 8 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 9 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 10 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 11 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |