avancer French · revision 15816

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1120|origins=la ante}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.vɑ̃.se/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avancer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ [[fro|avancier]], Middle French [[m|frm|advancer]].^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|avancier]], [[inh|la-vul|*abantiō|alt=*abantiāre|t=to bring forward]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|24, 11b) from Late Latin [[m|la-lat|abante|t=before, in front]], which is [[m|la|ab]] and [[m|la|ante|t=before]] (whence [[avant]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ Cognate with [[it|avanzare]] and [[pro|avansar]];^(REW 1935)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Meyer-Lübke takes [[es|avanzar]] and [[pt|avançar]] from Occitan.^(REW 1935) It was borrowed into [[de|avancieren]] and [[da|avancere]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The reflexive is found about 1120 and in 1155;^(DHLF 1992) 12th-century epics have ''chascuns forment s'avance'' “each pushes boldly forward”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The transitive ''avancier'' meant “to further, make progress” in Wace (about 1170) and “to speed up” in 1223.^(DHLF 1992) From the 13th century it had a spatial sense, “to bring forward” (1278), and intransitively “to jut out”;^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''avancer'' a proposition, “to put forward as true”, dates from 1299.^(DHLF 1992) The temporal sense “to hasten; to bring forward (a date)” appears about 1400 and about 1550, and the financial sense “to lend (money in advance)” in 1469.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ A clock or watch ''avance'' when it gains, and a person ''avance'' when their watch is fast (1830).^(DHLF 1992)^(BHVF) The derivatives ''avance'' (about 1400) and ''avancement'' (12th century) both meant “advantage” until the 16th century;^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''faire des avances'' “to make advances” dates from 1662.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1120 – The reflexive ''s'avancier''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1170 – “To further” in Wace.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1278 – “To bring forward”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1299 – “To put forward (an idea)”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1469 – “To lend in advance”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1662 – ''Faire des avances''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1830 – ''Vous avancez'' “your watch is fast”.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive)'' To move forward, bring forward: ''avancer une chaise'', ''avancer un pion''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To put forward, [[m|en|propose]] (an idea) as true: ''avancer une thèse''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring forward (in time): ''avancer son départ''; to put (a clock) forward.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To advance, lend (money): ''avancer de l'argent à qqn''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To speed up, make progress with: ''avancer son travail''.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To [[m|en|advance]], move forward; to make progress; of a clock, to be fast; to jut out.^(Wiktionary)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' To move forward, approach; to commit oneself.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[avance]]

+ * [[avancement]]

+ * [[avancé]]

+ * [[avancée]]

+ * [[devancer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avant]]

+ * [[en|advance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}