a·vail 
(ə-vāl)
(ə-vāl)v. a·vailed, a·vail·ing, a·vails
v.tr.
To be of use or advantage to; help: Nothing could avail the dying patient.
v.intr.
To be of use, value, or advantage; serve: Halfway measures will no longer avail.
n.
Idiom: Use, benefit, or advantage: labored to no avail.
avail (oneself) of
To make use of.
[Middle English availen : a-, intensive pref. (from Latin ad-; see AD-) + Old French valoir, vail-, to be worth (from Latin valēre, to be strong; see wal- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
a·vailing·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: egwh-
- Indo-European root: ei-
- Indo-European root: eis-
- Indo-European root: ekwo-
- Indo-European root: el-
- Indo-European root: em-
- Indo-European root: en
- Indo-European root: epi
- Indo-European root: er-
- Indo-European root: er-
- Indo-European root: ers-
- Indo-European root: erə-
- Indo-European root: es-
- Indo-European root: (e)su-
- Indo-European root: eu-
- Indo-European root: euə-
- Indo-European root: euə-dh-r̥
- Indo-European root: gal-
- Indo-European root: gel-
- Indo-European root: gembh-
- Indo-European root: gemə-
- Indo-European root: genu-
- Indo-European root: genu-
- Indo-European root: genə-
- Indo-European root: ger-