The story
- Old French · derived fromavangarde, avant-garde, avantgarde
- Middle English · inherited fromadvaunte-garde, avauntgard
- English todayavant-garde
From Middle English advaunte-garde, avauntgard, from Old French avangarde, avant-garde, avantgarde, from avant (“before; in front”) + garde (“guard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.