Where does “adelantado” come from?
adelantado (Cebuano) comes from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar, from Spanish adelante, from Spanish delante, from Old Spanish denante, from Old Portuguese enante, from Latin in ante, from Latin ante — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
adelantado (Cebuano): advanced
Definitions
- advanced
Ancestry of “adelantado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | adelantado | ahead of one's time, advanced; gifted or advanced... |
| 2 | Spanish | adelantar | to bring forward, advance, to move forward; to... |
| 3 | Spanish | adelante | forward; come in; go ahead |
| 4 | Spanish | delante | in front of, before; forward, forwards; ahead |
| 5 | Old Spanish | denante | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | enante | — |
| 7 | Latin | in ante | before |
| 8 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |