Etymology

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Today it means: A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. Full definition →

Middle French auvans ← Old French anvant ← Gaulish *an(de)bannā
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The story

  1. Gaulish · derived from*an(de)bannā“eaves”
  2. Old French · derived fromanvant
  3. Middle French · derived fromauvans“sloping roof”
  4. English todayawning

1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

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