Where does “advanced stop line” come from?
advanced stop line (English) comes from English advanced, from English advance, from Middle English avauncen, from Old French avancier, from Vulgar Latin abanteare, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
advanced stop line (English): A stop line in front of the advanced stop box, behind which cyclists wait to get a head start on vehicles that are stopped behind the main stop line at an intersection
Definitions
- A stop line in front of the advanced stop box, behind which cyclists wait to get a head start on vehicles that are stopped behind the main stop line at an intersection
Ancestry of “advanced stop line”, step by step
advanced stop line traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advanced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advanced | simple past tense and past participle of advance;... |
| 2 | English | advance | "To promote or advantage."; "To move forward in... |
| 3 | Middle English | avauncen | to advance |
| 4 | Old French | avancier | to advance; to move forward; to advance; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | abanteare | present active infinitive of *abanteō;... |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 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 | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English stop line
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stop line | A transverse road marking indicating the point at which a vehicle must stop |
| 2 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 3 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 4 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |