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