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
- disadvantageous, unfavourable
Ancestry of “svantaggioso”, step by step
svantaggioso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian svantaggio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | svantaggio | disadvantage; drawback; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | vantaggio | advantage, vantage; favour, plus, benefit, edge |
| 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 |