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

  1. One who avaunts or boasts

Ancestry of “avauntour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishavauntourone who avaunts or boasts
2Old Frenchavanteurvaunter; boaster
3Old Frenchavanterto boast; to vaunt
4Old Frenchvanterto boast; to blow
5Latinvānitāre
6Latinvānusvain, empty, vacant, void
7Italianvanovain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,...
8ItalianvanareAlternative form of vaneggiare
9Romanian-re-ing, -ation
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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