avenue

/ˈævəˌnuː/A-vuh-noo

/ˈævəˌnu/A-vuh-noo

Meaningan approach

Common meaning: a tree-lined road

ato, towardsSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 44 · scan
venueto comeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1969 · scan

‘to, towards’ + ‘to come’ → avenue

Journey through time

a — Latin ad- “to, towards” (path traced)
venue — Latin veniō, vēnī, ventum “to come” (path traced)

Parts join in French as advenue.

Latinad- + uenire‘to, towards + to come’source
Frenchadvenuesource
Frenchavenuesource
Englishavenue‘a tree-lined road’ · 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

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Origin: Built on French advenue, which Skeat analyses as ad- ‘to, towards’ + uenire ‘to come’.

Roots

advenue French “an approach”
veniō, vēnī, ventum Latin “to come”

Related words

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