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avaunt

Meaningfrom before

Common meaning: go away, in archaic or theatrical use

Journey through time

  1. Latinab‘from before’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsfrom before → forwardavant‘forward’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsforward → go away, in archaic or theatrical useavaunt‘go away, in archaic or theatrical use’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin ab ‘from before’.

Roots

  • ab Latin “from before”

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