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Where does “avant-coureur” come from?

avant-coureur (French) comes from French courir, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

avant-coureur (French): messenger, scout; foresayer, predicter;...

Definitions

  1. messenger, scout; foresayer, predicter;...

Ancestry of “avant-coureur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcourirto run; to go
2Latinpercurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “avant-coureur”

  • avant-courier
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