Where does “avauntour” come from?
avauntour (Middle English) comes from Old French avanteur, from Old French avanter, from Old French vanter, from Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare, from Romanian -re — he, she.
avauntour (Middle English): one who avaunts or boasts
Definitions
- one who avaunts or boasts
Ancestry of “avauntour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | avanteur | vaunter; boaster |
| 2 | Old French | avanter | to boast; to vaunt |
| 3 | Old French | vanter | to boast; to blow |
| 4 | Latin | vānitāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 6 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 7 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 8 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |