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