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