English
advance
Advance comes from Middle English avauncen, from Old French avancier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante ‘in front, before’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab ante‘in front’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*abanteārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400avancier‘to advance’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500avauncen‘to advance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611advance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab ante‘in front’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*abanteārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400avancier‘to advance’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500avauncen‘to advance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611advance
Earliest quotation: 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest: “The fringed Curtaines of thine eyes aduance.”
A compound of ab ‘from, away from, out of’ + ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
Proto-Italic *ap ‘from, off, away’
Latin ab ‘from, away from, out of’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Proto-Italic *anti ‘before’
Latin ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’
Every English word from Latin ab ante
Today it means
verb To help the progress of (something); to further.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ab ante / advance