Etymology

avaunt

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Today it means: Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence. Full definition →

Old French avant ← Late Latin ab ante ← Latin ante
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  8. Proto-Italic*anti
  9. Latinante
  10. Late Latinab ante
  11. Old Frenchavant
  12. English todayavaunt

First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).

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