Reconstruction:Latin/abantaticum

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ab ante (in front, before) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*abantāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. forward place, advantageous position

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Attested in Old French from ca. 1170[1] and in Old Catalan from ca. 1275 (Llibre del gentil e dels tres savis).[2]

Declension[edit]

singular plural
nominative */avanˈtadjos/ */avanˈtadjo/
oblique */avanˈtadjo/ */avanˈtadjos/

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: avantatge
  • Franco-Provençal: avantâjo, avètazhou, avintâdzo
  • Old French: avantage (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: avantatge

References[edit]

  1. ^ avantage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “avantage” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.