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Where does “desventaja” come from?

desventaja (Spanish) comes from Spanish ventaja, from French avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

desventaja (Spanish): disadvantage, drawback, downside, weakness

Definitions

  1. disadvantage, drawback, downside, weakness

Ancestry of “desventaja”, step by step

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