Etymology
1. c.1230, from O.Fr.
avancer "move forward," from V.L.
*abanteare, from L.L.
abante "from before," composed of
ab- "from" +
ante "before, in front of, against," from PIE
*anti "against," locative singular of
*ant- "front, forehead." The
-d- was inserted 16c. on mistaken notion that initial
a- was L.
ad-. Meaning "to give money before it is legally due" is first attested 1679. The noun is first recorded 1528;
advances "amorous overtures" is from 1706. The adj. (in
advance warning, etc.) is not recorded before 1910.
Advanced in the fig. sense of "far ahead on a course" is from 1534.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
4. Proto-Indo-European *-o
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
6. Proto-Italic *ap
7. Latin ab
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-s
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
11. Proto-Indo-European *-i
12. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
13. Proto-Italic *anti
14. Latin ante
15. Latin ab ante
16. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
17. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
18. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
19. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
20. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
21. Proto-Italic *-ājō
22. Proto-Italic *-āō
23. Latin -āre
24. Vulgar Latin *abanteāre
25. Old French avancierbor.
26. Middle English avauncen
27. English advance
28. From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt. See: Middle English '
avauncen'.
Verbs referencing "advance"
Ido avancar, Italian
avvanzare.