Where does “Avantgardekunst” come from?

Avantgardekunst (German) comes from German Avantgarde, from French avant-garde, from Old French avantgarde.

Avantgardekunst (German): avantgarde art

Definitions

  1. avantgarde art

Ancestry of “Avantgardekunst”, step by step

Avantgardekunst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Avantgarde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAvantgardeavant-garde
2Frenchavant-gardevanguard; avant-garde, firing line
3Old Frenchavantgarde—

via German kunst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankunstart
2Middle High Germankunstknowledge, ability
3Old High Germankunstknowledge, wisdom, skill
Every word from Old French avantgarde →Every word from French avant-garde →Every word from German Avantgarde →