avant
Old French
adv
Definitions
- beforehand; earlier
Etymology
Inherited from Latin abante (in front, before), ab (from, of, away from, away, by, off).
Origin
Latin
ab
Gloss
from, of, away from, away, by, off
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ab extra English
- ab initio English
- aberr English
- abevacuation English
- abhominable English
- avaunt English
- vamplate English
- *abanteāre Latin
- *abantiare Latin
- *abantiāre Latin
- ab Latin
- ab aeterno Latin
- ab ante Latin
- abamita Latin
- abante Latin
- aborigines Latin
- exradicare Latin
- in abante Latin
- ab- Italian
- avanti Italian
- auparavant French
- avant French
- avant-bras French
- avant-garde French
- avant-guerre French
- avant-main French
- avant-port French
- avant-poste French
- avant-première French
- avant-projet French
- avant-propos French
- avant-scène French
- avant-toit French
- avant-veille French
- avantage French
- devant French
- avante Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- avante Portuguese
- aborigin Norwegian Nynorsk
- avantage Middle English
- buntáiste Irish
- ab Danish
- avancer Old French
- avantage Old French
- avantageus Old French
- avantdit Old French
- dit Old French
- abans Catalan, Valencian
- avant Catalan, Valencian
- avan Ido
- avant Norman
- avancoj Albanian
- abans Occitan
- *ab Proto-Italic
- aunz Romansh
- avant Romansh
- avaunt Romansh
- avon Romansh
- avànt Romansh
- avauntage xno
- anvan Haitian, Haitian Creole
- divan Mauritian Creole
- avangard Crimean Tatar