Where does “avauntour” come from?
avauntour (English) comes from Middle English avauntour, from Old French avanteur, from Old French avanter, from Old French vanter, from Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare — he, she.
avauntour (English): One who avaunts or boasts
Definitions
- One who avaunts or boasts
Ancestry of “avauntour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | avauntour | — |
| 2 | Old French | avanteur | vaunter; boaster |
| 3 | Old French | avanter | to boast; to vaunt |
| 4 | Old French | vanter | to boast; to blow |
| 5 | Latin | vānitāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | vānus | — |
| 7 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 8 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 9 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |