avis French · revision 16563

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1170 (avis); 1135, Wace (ce m'est avis)|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.vi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avis''' ''m'' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from the Old French phrase ''ce m'est a vis“ (1135), from older ”ço m'est vis“ (”Vie de saint Alexis“) “it seems to me”, a calque of Latin ”mihi est visum“ for classical ”mihi videtur“.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) ”Vis'' existed in Old French only in this phrase; it continues [[la|vīsum|t=what seems (good)]], the neuter past participle of [[m|la|videō|t=to see]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(FEW|14, 534b) Wiktionary traces it, through Old French “vis”, to [[m|la|vīsus]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ Compare [[pro|avis]], [[es|aviso]] and [[it|avviso]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Wace's ''Vie de sainte Marguerite'' (1135) has ''Ce m'est avis que par raison...'' “it seems to me that rightly...”, ''avis'' as a noun, “opinion”, is found about 1138–70.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the phrase came ''il m'est avis'' (about 1175) and ''m'est avis'' (13th century), felt as popular from the 17th century, and ''à mon avis'' (about 1185).^(DHLF 1992) ''Être d'avis de'', ''que'' appears in the 14th century, “advice, recommendation” in 1356, and “information given” in Froissart.^(DHLF 1992) Special uses followed: a judge's opinion (1657), ''avis au lecteur'' (1690) and ''avis au public'' (1835); ''lettre d'avis'' was a letter advising a shipment.^(DHLF 1992) Until the 17th century ''avis'' also meant good sense, judgement (1285), whence [[avisé]].^(DHLF 1992) The rhetorical ''à ton avis ?'' underlining the obvious dates from the 1970s.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – ''Ço m'est vis'', ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1135 – ''Ce m'est avis'', Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1170 – ''Avis'' as a noun.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * c. 1185 – ''À mon avis''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1356 – A piece of advice.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1690 – ''Avis au lecteur''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1789 – ''Préavis''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|opinion]], view: ''à mon avis'', ''être du même avis'', ''changer d'avis'', ''m'est avis que'', it seems to me.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Advice, counsel: ''demander l'avis d'un médecin''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|notice]], announcement: ''avis au public'', ''sauf avis contraire'', ''avis de recherche''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # A formal opinion of an authority: ''avis du Conseil d'État''.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[préavis]]

+ * [[aviser]]

+ * [[avisé]]

+ * [[raviser]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voir]]

+ * [[visa]]

+ * [[en|advice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}