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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

  1. Alternative form of vantaggio; first-person...

Ancestry of “avvantaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavvantaggiareto favor / favour someone; to further some cause
2Frenchavantagerto favour; to give an advantage to
3Frenchavantageadvantage
4Old Frenchavantageadvantage; profit; gain
5Old Frenchavantbeforehand; earlier
6Latinab ante—
7Latinantebefore, in front, forwards; before; before,...
8Ancient Greekκλίσιςbending, inclination; a lying down; a place for...
9Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
10Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
11Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “avvantaggio”

  • avvantaggioso
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