The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromadvocātia
- Middle French · derived fromadvocacie
- Middle English · inherited fromadvocacie
- English todayadvocacy
From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate + -cy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.