Etymology of the English word vantage
the English word
vantagederived from the Anglo-Norman word
vantagederived from the Old French word
avantagederived 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 vantage in English dates from the 13th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
