Etymology of the English word avaunt
the English word
avauntderived from the Old French word
avant!derived from the Old French word
avantderived from the Late Latin word
abantederived from the Latin word
ab (away; away from)
derived from the Latin word
ante (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ant-using the Latin prefix
ab- (away; wrongly, badly)
Date
The earliest known usage of avaunt in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
