Where does “míbhuntáiste” come from?
míbhuntáiste (Irish) comes from Irish buntáiste, from Anglo-Norman avauntage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
míbhuntáiste (Irish): disadvantage
Ancestry of “míbhuntáiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | buntáiste | advantage |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | avauntage | Alternative form of avantage |
| 3 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 4 | Latin | ab ante | — |
| 5 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “míbhuntáiste”