Where does “vantaggiosissimo” come from?
vantaggiosissimo (Italian) comes from Italian vantaggioso, 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.
vantaggiosissimo (Italian): superlative degree of vantaggioso
Definitions
- superlative degree of vantaggioso
Ancestry of “vantaggiosissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vantaggioso | advantageous, favourable |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |