Where does “abantailos” come from?
abantailos (Basque) comes from French avantageux, from Old French avantageus, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
abantailos (Basque): advantageous
Definitions
- advantageous
Ancestry of “abantailos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avantageux | advantageous |
| 2 | Old French | avantageus | advantageous; superior; better |
| 3 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 4 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 5 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 6 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |