Where does “paravant” come from?
paravant (English) comes from Middle French paravant, from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
paravant (English): Pre-eminently; first
Definitions
- Pre-eminently; first
Ancestry of “paravant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | paravant | formerly, previously, before |
| 2 | Middle French | par | by |
| 3 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |