Etymology

avis

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Today it means: advice; opinion; deliberation. Full definition →

Middle English avys ← Old French avis
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromavis
  2. Middle English · inherited fromavys
  3. English todayavis

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishavys all →

advice

Old Frenchavis all →

advice

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.