Where does “vantage” come from?
vantage (Middle English) comes from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “vantage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 2 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 3 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 4 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 5 | Latin | ab ante | — |
| 6 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “vantage”