Where does “avantgárd” come from?

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

avantgárd (Hungarian): avant-guard

Definitions

  1. avant-guard

Ancestry of “avantgárd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAvantgardeavant-garde
2Frenchavant-gardevanguard; avant-garde, firing line
3Old Frenchavantgarde—
Every word from Old French avantgarde →Every word from French avant-garde →Every word from German Avantgarde →
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