myEtymology.com: French etymology of avengier

Etymology of the French word avengier

the Old French word avengier

using the French prefix a-

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Old French word vengier

derived from the Late Latin word vindicare (claim, vindicate; punish)

derived from the Latin word vindex (defender, protector)

derived from the Latin word dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)

English avenge

Word found in Old French