Avant etymology

French

French word avant comes from Latin ab, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ént-, Latin ab ante, Malayalam abante, and later Latin abante ((Late Latin) before, in front From before.)

Etymology of avant

Detailed word origin of avant

Dictionary entry Language Definition
ab Latin (lat) (source of action or event) by, of. (time) after, since. At, on, in. From, away from, out of.
*h₂ént- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
ab ante Latin (lat)
abante Malayalam (mal)
*h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
ante Latin (lat) (of space) before, in front, forwards. (of time) before (of space) before, in front, forwards. (of time) before, previously.
abante Latin (lat) (Late Latin) before, in front From before.
abante Late Latin (LL)
avant Old French (fro) Beforehand; earlier.
avant French (fr) (sports) forward. Front Beforehand; earlier Before (in space), in front of, ahead of. Before (in time).

Words with the same origin as avant

Descendants of ab

aveugle devant