Where does “avana” come from?
avana (Ido) comes from Ido avan, from Italian avanti, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
avana (Ido): forward, advance, front
Definitions
- forward, advance, front
Ancestry of “avana”, step by step
avana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido avan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | avan | in front of, ahead of, before |
| 2 | Italian | avanti | previous, prior, last; forward, ahead, onward;... |
| 3 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 4 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Ido a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | a | The name of the Latin script letter A/a; Apocopic... |