Where does “míbhuntáisteach” come from?
míbhuntáisteach (Irish) comes from Irish míbhuntáiste, 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 — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
míbhuntáisteach (Irish): disadvantageous
Ancestry of “míbhuntáisteach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | míbhuntáiste | disadvantage |
| 2 | Irish | buntáiste | advantage |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | avauntage | Alternative form of avantage |
| 4 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 5 | Latin | ab ante | — |
| 6 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |