Where does “avantgarde” come from?

avantgarde (Swedish) comes from French avant-garde, from Old French avantgarde.

avantgarde (Swedish): avant-garde experimental art

Definitions

  1. avant-garde experimental art

Ancestry of “avantgarde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavant-gardevanguard; avant-garde, firing line
2Old Frenchavantgarde—

Words derived from “avantgarde”

Every word from Old French avantgarde →Every word from French avant-garde →