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Where does “svantaggioso” come from?

svantaggioso (Italian) comes from Italian svantaggio, from Italian vantaggio, 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.

svantaggioso (Italian): disadvantageous, unfavourable

Definitions

  1. disadvantageous, unfavourable

Ancestry of “svantaggioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansvantaggiodisadvantage; drawback; first-person singular...
2Italianvantaggioadvantage, vantage; favour, plus, benefit, edge
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 “svantaggioso”

  • svantaggiosamente
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