Where does “advancement” come from?
Advancement comes from Old French avancement, formed from Old French -ment (suffix from Latin -mentum, from Latin mens meaning "mind") combined with Latin ab meaning "from" and ultimately Proto-Indo-European men- and h₂ent-.
advancement (English): The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
Definitions
- The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
Ancestry of “advancement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | avancement | — |
| 2 | Old French | avancement | advantage |
| 3 | Old French | avancier | to advance; to move forward; to advance; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | abanteare | present active infinitive of *abanteō;... |
| 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 |