Where does “avvantaggio” come from?
avvantaggio (Italian) comes from Italian avvantaggiare, from French avantager, from French avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
avvantaggio (Italian): Alternative form of vantaggio; first-person...
Definitions
- Alternative form of vantaggio; first-person...
Ancestry of “avvantaggio”, step by step
avvantaggio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian avvantaggiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | avvantaggiare | to favor / favour someone; to further some cause |
| 2 | French | avantager | to favour; to give an advantage to |
| 3 | French | avantage | advantage |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Italian vantaggio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vantaggio | advantage, vantage; favour, plus, benefit, edge |