Where does “vantage” come from?
Vantage comes from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, a formation from Old French avant meaning "before" plus the suffix -age, ultimately from Latin ab meaning "away" and -icus.
vantage (English): An advantage; A place or position affording a...
Definitions
- An advantage; A place or position affording a...
Ancestry of “vantage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | vantage | — |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 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 |