Where does “adstratum” come from?
adstratum (English) comes from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
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Ancestry of “adstratum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | AD | Initialism of anno Domini ; in the year of our... |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | — |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |