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Where does “dezavantajos” come from?

dezavantajos (Romanian) comes from French désavantageux, from French avantageux, from Old French avantageus, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

dezavantajos (Romanian): disadvantageous

Definitions

  1. disadvantageous

Ancestry of “dezavantajos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdésavantageuxdisadvantageous
2Frenchavantageuxadvantageous
3Old Frenchavantageusadvantageous; superior; better
4Old Frenchavantageadvantage; profit; gain
5Old Frenchavantbeforehand; earlier
6Latinab ante—
7Latinantebefore, in front, forwards; before; before,...
8Ancient Greekκλίσιςbending, inclination; a lying down; a place for...
9Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
10Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
11Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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