Where does “vantardise” come from?
vantardise (French) comes from French vantard, from French vanter, from Old French vanter, from Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare, from Romanian -re — he, she.
vantardise (French): boastfulness; braggartry
Definitions
- boastfulness; braggartry
Ancestry of “vantardise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vantard | boaster, bragger |
| 2 | French | vanter | to praise, to vaunt; to boast, brag |
| 3 | Old French | vanter | to boast; to blow |
| 4 | Latin | vānitāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 6 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 7 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 8 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |