Where does “avantdit” come from?
avantdit (Old French) comes from Old French dit, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
avantdit (Old French): aforementioned
Definitions
- aforementioned
Ancestry of “avantdit”, step by step
avantdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French dit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | dit | word; story; tale; past participle of dire |
| 2 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old French avant
| 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 |