Where does “avantgarde” come from?

avantgarde (Danish) comes from French avant-garde, from Old French avantgarde.

avantgarde (Danish): avantgarde, avant-garde

Definitions

  1. avantgarde, avant-garde

Ancestry of “avantgarde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavant-gardevanguard; avant-garde, firing line
2Old Frenchavantgarde—
Every word from Old French avantgarde →Every word from French avant-garde →