Where does “avant-projet” come from?
avant-projet (French) comes from French projet, from Latin prōiectus, from Latin proicio, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
avant-projet (French): draft
Ancestry of “avant-projet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | projet | project; plan; draft constitution |
| 2 | Latin | prōiectus | — |
| 3 | Latin | proicio | I throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth,... |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |