{"era":"current","word":"advocacy","meaning":"the act of pleading for, supporting","children":[{"era":"14th century","word":"advocate","meaning":"to speak in favor of","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"advocatus","meaning":"one called to aid, legal assistant","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"ad-","meaning":"to, towards","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"classical","word":"vocare","meaning":"to call","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Late Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}