Etymology

advene

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Today it means: To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential. Full definition →

Latin advenire
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromadvenire“to come to, arrive at”
  2. English todayadvene

Borrowed from Latin advenire (“to come to, arrive at”), from ad (“to”) + venire (“to come”). Compare convene, intervene, supervene.

Words from the same roots

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